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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish tét, from Proto-Celtic *tantā (“cord”) (compare Welsh tant (“cord”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”) (compare English thin, Latin tendō (“stretch”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
téad f (genitive singular téide, nominative plural téada)
- rope
- string of a musical instrument
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
téad
- (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of téigh
Usage notes
The standard language uses the analytic form té mé.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| téad
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théad
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dtéad
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “téad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 724
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “téad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN