teastaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

tastaigh (Galway)
teastuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish testaigid (“be lacking”), from Old Irish ·testa, prototonic form of do·esta (“be lacking”), from to- + ess- + ·tá,^[1] ^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠəɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠasˠt̪ˠə/^[3] (corresponding to the form tastaigh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠi/

Verb

teastaigh (present analytic teastaíonn, future analytic teastóidh, verbal noun teastáil, past participle teastaithe)

to be wanted, to be needed
Synonym: is mian le

An dteastaíonn uait labhairt leis?
Do you want to speak with him?
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239:
  tȧstīn̄ wæmšə mə lāvə ńī.
  [Teastaíonn uaimse mo lámha a ní.]
  I want/need to wash my hands.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 293:
  fāgn̥̄ tū nə ńī əs mō ə hȧstīs wæc, də jiə gə miniḱ
  [Fágann tú na nithe is mó a theastaíos uait i do dhiaidh go minic.]
  You often leave behind you the things you need the most.

Usage notes

Used impersonally or with the object wanted/needed as the subject, with the person doing the wanting/needing expressed as the object of the preposition ó (“by”).

Conjugation

conjugation of teastaigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	teastaím	teastaíonn tú; teastaír^†	teastaíonn sé, sí	teastaímid; teastaíonn muid	teastaíonn sibh	teastaíonn siad; teastaíd^†	a theastaíonn; a theastaíos / a dteastaíonn*	teastaítear
	past	theastaigh mé; theastaíos	theastaigh tú; theastaís	theastaigh sé, sí	theastaíomar; theastaigh muid	theastaigh sibh; theastaíobhair	theastaigh siad; theastaíodar	a theastaigh / ar theastaigh*	teastaíodh
	past habitual	theastaínn / dteastaínn‡‡	theastaíteá / dteastaíteá‡‡	theastaíodh sé, sí / dteastaíodh sé, sí‡‡	theastaímis; theastaíodh muid / dteastaímis‡‡; dteastaíodh muid‡‡	theastaíodh sibh / dteastaíodh sibh‡‡	theastaídís; theastaíodh siad / dteastaídís‡‡; dteastaíodh siad‡‡	a theastaíodh / a dteastaíodh*	theastaítí / dteastaítí‡‡
future		teastóidh mé; teastód; teastóchaidh mé^†	teastóidh tú; teastóir^†; teastóchaidh tú^†	teastóidh sé, sí; teastóchaidh sé, sí^†	teastóimid; teastóidh muid; teastóchaimid^†; teastóchaidh muid^†	teastóidh sibh; teastóchaidh sibh^†	teastóidh siad; teastóid^†; teastóchaidh siad^†	a theastóidh; a theastós; a theastóchaidh^†; a theastóchas^† / a dteastóidh; a dteastóchaidh^†	teastófar; teastóchar^†
conditional		theastóinn; theastóchainn^† / dteastóinn‡‡; dteastóchainn^†‡‡	theastófá; theastóchthá^† / dteastófá‡‡; dteastóchthá^†‡‡	theastódh sé, sí; theastóchadh sé, sí^† / dteastódh sé, sí‡‡; dteastóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	theastóimis; theastódh muid; theastóchaimis^†; theastóchadh muid^† / dteastóimis‡‡; dteastódh muid‡‡; dteastóchaimis^†‡‡; dteastóchadh muid^†‡‡	theastódh sibh; theastóchadh sibh^† / dteastódh sibh‡‡; dteastóchadh sibh^†‡‡	theastóidís; theastódh siad; theastóchadh siad^† / dteastóidís‡‡; dteastódh siad‡‡; dteastóchadh siad^†‡‡	a theastódh; a theastóchadh^† / a dteastódh; a dteastóchadh^†	theastófaí; theastóchthaí^† / dteastófaí‡‡; dteastóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go dteastaí mé; go dteastaíod^†	go dteastaí tú; go dteastaír^†	go dteastaí sé, sí	go dteastaímid; go dteastaí muid	go dteastaí sibh	go dteastaí siad; go dteastaíd^†	—	go dteastaítear
subjunctive	past	dá dteastaínn	dá dteastaíteá	dá dteastaíodh sé, sí	dá dteastaímis; dá dteastaíodh muid	dá dteastaíodh sibh	dá dteastaídís; dá dteastaíodh siad	—	dá dteastaítí
imperative		teastaím	teastaigh	teastaíodh sé, sí	teastaímis	teastaígí; teastaídh^†	teastaídís	—	teastaítear
verbal noun		teastáil
past participle		teastaithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of *teastaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
teastaigh	theastaigh	dteastaigh

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·esta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 testaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239