téagartha
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From téagar (“substance, bulk”) + -tha
Adjective
[edit]téagartha
- substantial, stout, burly, strong, bulky, large
- Synonym: alpartha
- teann téagartha ― strong and thickset
- stout (corpulent), full (plump, round), full-figured
- sheltered, comfortable and warm (of a house etc.)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | téagartha | théagartha | téagartha; théagartha2 | |
| vocative | théagartha | téagartha | ||
| genitive | téagartha | téagartha | téagartha | |
| dative | téagartha; théagartha1 |
théagartha | téagartha; théagartha2 | |
| Comparative | níos téagartha | |||
| Superlative | is téagartha | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| téagartha | théagartha | dtéagartha |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- “téagartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “técartha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “téagarṫa, téagarṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 724
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “téagraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 725
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “téagartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN