téacht

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See also: teacht

Irish

Etymology

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

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of téacht
radical lenition eclipsis
téacht théacht dtéacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

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