teith

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish teichid (Manx çhea, Scottish Gaelic teich), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (to run, flee) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to flow, run) (Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, hurries), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, to run), Lithuanian tekė́ti (to flow), Albanian ndjek (to follow).

Verb

teith (present analytic teitheann, future analytic teithfidh, verbal noun teitheadh, past participle teite)

  1. to flee, run away, fly, abscond /
  2. to run off (leave or depart quickly)
  3. to retreat (withdraw military forces)
    Synonym: cúlaigh
  4. to shun, avoid
    Synonym: seachain
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Etymology 2

Adjective

teith (genitive singular feminine teithe, plural teo, comparative teo)

  1. Obsolete spelling of te (hot).

Mutation

Mutated forms of teith
radical lenition eclipsis
teith theith dteith

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