teilgean

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From teilg +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲlʲɪɟənˠ/, /ˈtʲlʲɪɟən̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled tligean)

Noun

teilgean m (genitive singular as substantive teilgin, genitive as verbal noun teilgthe)

  1. verbal noun of teilg
  2. cast, throw, projection
  3. (metallurgy) cast
  4. (agriculture) earthing
  5. slaking (of lime)
  6. lastingness, durability; economization

Declension

(as regular noun):

Declension of teilgean (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative teilgean
vocative a theilgin
genitive teilgin
dative teilgean
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an teilgean
genitive an teilgin
dative leis an teilgean
don teilgean

(as verbal noun):

Declension of teilgean (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative teilgean
vocative a theilgean
genitive teilgthe
dative teilgean
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an teilgean
genitive an teilgthe
dative leis an teilgean
don teilgean

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of teilgean
radical lenition eclipsis
teilgean theilgean dteilgean

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84

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