teacht

See also: téacht

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲaxt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /tʲæːxt̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish techt, from Old Irish techt, verbal noun of téit (“goes, proceeds, goes away, departs, vanishes”), later of do·icc (“comes to, approaches”), do·tét.

Noun

teacht m (genitive singular teachta)

1. coming
2. verbal noun of tar
3. approach, arrival
4. advent
5. springing, growth
6. production, issue
7. access, discovery
8. reach, attainment
9. accession
10. faring, management

Declension

Declension of teacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative teacht Vocative a theacht Genitive teachta Dative teacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an teacht Genitive an teachta Dative leis an teacht don teacht

Alternative forms

• tíocht (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• teacht abhaile
• teacht amach
• teacht aniar
• teacht ar aghaidh
• teacht as
• teacht chun cinn
• teacht faoi
• teacht isteach
• teacht le chéile
• teachtaire

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish techtaid (“to possess (lawfully)”).

Verb

teacht (present analytic teachtann, future analytic teachtfaidh, verbal noun teachtadh, past participle teachta)

1. (transitive, law) hold, enjoy (property)

Conjugation

conjugation of teacht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	teachtaim	teachtann tú; teachtair†	teachtann sé, sí	teachtaimid	teachtann sibh	teachtann siad; teachtaid†	a theachtann; a theachtas / a dteachtann*	teachtar
	past	theacht mé; theachtas	theacht tú; theachtais	theacht sé, sí	theachtamar; theacht muid	theacht sibh; theachtabhair	theacht siad; theachtadar	a theacht / ar theacht*	teachtadh
	past habitual	theachtainn / dteachtainn‡‡	theachtá / dteachtᇇ	theachtadh sé, sí / dteachtadh sé, s퇇	theachtaimis; theachtadh muid / dteachtaimis‡‡; dteachtadh muid‡‡	theachtadh sibh / dteachtadh sibh‡‡	theachtaidís; theachtadh siad / dteachtaidís‡‡; dteachtadh siad‡‡	a theachtadh / a dteachtadh*	theachtaí / dteachta퇇
future		teachtfaidh mé; teachtfad	teachtfaidh tú; teachtfair†	teachtfaidh sé, sí	teachtfaimid; teachtfaidh muid	teachtfaidh sibh	teachtfaidh siad; teachtfaid†	a theachtfaidh; a theachtfas / a dteachtfaidh*	teachtfar
conditional		theachtfainn / dteachtfainn‡‡	theachtfá / dteachtfᇇ	theachtfadh sé, sí / dteachtfadh sé, s퇇	theachtfaimis; theachtfadh muid / dteachtfaimis‡‡; dteachtfadh muid‡‡	theachtfadh sibh / dteachtfadh sibh‡‡	theachtfaidís; theachtfadh siad / dteachtfaidís‡‡; dteachtfadh siad‡‡	a theachtfadh / a dteachtfadh*	theachtfaí / dteachtfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go dteachta mé; go dteachtad†	go dteachta tú; go dteachtair†	go dteachta sé, sí	go dteachtaimid; go dteachta muid	go dteachta sibh	go dteachta siad; go dteachtaid†	—	go dteachtar
	past	dá dteachtainn	dá dteachtá	dá dteachtadh sé, sí	dá dteachtaimis; dá dteachtadh muid	dá dteachtadh sibh	dá dteachtaidís; dá dteachtadh siad	—	dá dteachtaí
imperative		teachtaim	teacht	teachtadh sé, sí	teachtaimis	teachtaigí; teachtaidh†	teachtaidís	—	teachtar
verbal noun		teachtadh
past participle		teachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teacht	theacht	dteacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN