téacht

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See also: teacht

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish téchtaige, from Old Irish coiteichtea, from Proto-Celtic *tenkto, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to contract), see also Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (dense), German dicht (dense).[1]

Verb[edit]

téacht (present analytic téachtann, future analytic téachtfaidh, verbal noun téachtadh, past participle téachta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) freeze; congeal, coagulate; set, solidify

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
téacht théacht dtéacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “téacht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page teuchd

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