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Irish
Pronunciation
Adverb
i dteannta
- in a fix, in a difficult position; trapped
- firmly
Preposition
i dteannta (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
- as a support or prop for
- along with, in addition to
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tennta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teannta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 727
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teannta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “i dteannta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “i dteannta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- “dteannta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18