teastaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. 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, 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, 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
indicative present teastaím teastaíonn tú;
teastaír† 		teastaíonn sé, sí teastaímid;
teastaíonn muid 		teastaíonn sibh teastaíonn siad;
teastaíd† 		a theastaíonn; a theastaíos /
a dteastaíonn*; a dteastaíos* 		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 / dteastaíteᇇ theastaíodh sé, sí / dteastaíodh sé, s퇇 theastaímis; theastaíodh muid / dteastaímis‡‡; dteastaíodh muid‡‡ theastaíodh sibh / dteastaíodh sibh‡‡ theastaídís; theastaíodh siad / dteastaídís‡‡; dteastaíodh siad‡‡ a theastaíodh /
a dteastaíodh* 		theastaítí / dteastaít퇇
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 dteastós*; a dteastóchaidh*†; a dteastóchas*† 		teastófar; teastóchar†
conditional theastóinn; theastóchainn† / dteastóinn‡‡; dteastóchainn†‡‡ theastófá; theastóchthᆠ/ dteastófᇇ; dteastóchthᆇ‡ theastódh sé, sí; theastóchadh sé, s토/ dteastódh sé, s퇇; dteastóchadh sé, s톇‡ 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; theastóchtha토/ dteastófa퇇; dteastóchtha톇‡
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
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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teastaigh theastaigh dteastaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·esta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 testaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239

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