teilgean

Irish

Alternative forms

• teilgint f

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲlʲɪɟənˠ/, /ˈtʲlʲɪɟən̪ˠ/ (as if spelled tligean)

Noun

teilgean m (genitive singular as substantive teilgin, genitive as verbal noun teilgthe)

1. verbal noun of teilg
2. cast, throw, projection
3. (metallurgy) cast
4. (agriculture) earthing
5. slaking (of lime)
6. lastingness, durability; economization

Declension

(as regular noun):

Declension of teilgean

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative teilgean Vocative a theilgin Genitive teilgin Dative teilgean

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an teilgean Genitive an teilgin Dative leis an teilgean don teilgean

(as verbal noun):

Declension of teilgean

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative teilgean Vocative a theilgean Genitive teilgthe Dative teilgean

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an teilgean Genitive an teilgthe Dative leis an teilgean don teilgean

Derived terms

• teilgean bia (“vomiting of food”)
• teilgean cainte (“idiom, expression”)
• teilgean cinn (“intelligence, cleverness”)
• teilgean léarscáile (“map projection”)
• teilgean mapa (“map projection”)
• teilgean saighead (“discharge of arrows”)
• urtheilgean (“hyperbole”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teilgean	theilgean	dteilgean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teilgean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “teilgean” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “teilgean” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.