teacht

See also: téacht

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲaxt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /tʲæxt̪ˠ/, [tʲæːxt̪ˠ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish techt, from Old Irish techt, verbal noun of téit (“goes, proceeds, goes away, departs, vanishes”), later of do·icc (“comes to, approaches”), do·tét.

Alternative forms

• tíocht (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

teacht m (genitive singular teachta)

1. verbal noun of tar
2. approach, arrival
3. coming, advent
4. access

Declension

Declension of teacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative teacht vocative a theacht genitive teachta dative teacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an teacht genitive an teachta dative leis an teacht don teacht

Derived terms

• teacht abhaile (“home-coming; staying-power”)
• teacht amach (“issue, appearance”)
• teacht aniar (“recuperative power, stamina; durability”)
• teacht ar aghaidh
• teacht as (“escape, survival; stretch”)
• teacht chun cinn (“progress”)
• teacht faoi (“dampness from ground”)
• teacht isteach (“income”)
• teacht le chéile (“concord, harmony”)
• teachtaire

Etymology 2

From Old Irish techtaid (“to possess (lawfully)”).

Verb

teacht (present analytic teachtann, future analytic teachtfaidh, verbal noun teachtadh, past participle teachta)

1. (transitive, law) hold, enjoy (property)

Conjugation

conjugation of teacht (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	teachtadh
past participle	teachta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	teachtaim	teachtann tú; teachtair†	teachtann sé, sí	teachtaimid	teachtann sibh	teachtann siad; teachtaid†	a theachtann; a theachtas / a dteachtann*	teachtar
past	theacht mé; theachtas	theacht tú; theachtais	theacht sé, sí	theachtamar; theacht muid	theacht sibh; theachtabhair	theacht siad; theachtadar	a theacht / ar theacht*	teachtadh
past habitual	theachtainn / dteachtainn‡‡	theachtá / dteachtᇇ	theachtadh sé, sí / dteachtadh sé, s퇇	theachtaimis; theachtadh muid / dteachtaimis‡‡; dteachtadh muid‡‡	theachtadh sibh / dteachtadh sibh‡‡	theachtaidís; theachtadh siad / dteachtaidís‡‡; dteachtadh siad‡‡	a theachtadh / a dteachtadh*	theachtaí / dteachta퇇
future	teachtfaidh mé; teachtfad	teachtfaidh tú; teachtfair†	teachtfaidh sé, sí	teachtfaimid; teachtfaidh muid	teachtfaidh sibh	teachtfaidh siad; teachtfaid†	a theachtfaidh; a theachtfas / a dteachtfaidh*	teachtfar
conditional	theachtfainn / dteachtfainn‡‡	theachtfá / dteachtfᇇ	theachtfadh sé, sí / dteachtfadh sé, s퇇	theachtfaimis; theachtfadh muid / dteachtfaimis‡‡; dteachtfadh muid‡‡	theachtfadh sibh / dteachtfadh sibh‡‡	theachtfaidís; theachtfadh siad / dteachtfaidís‡‡; dteachtfadh siad‡‡	a theachtfadh / a dteachtfadh*	theachtfaí / dteachtfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go dteachta mé; go dteachtad†	go dteachta tú; go dteachtair†	go dteachta sé, sí	go dteachtaimid; go dteachta muid	go dteachta sibh	go dteachta siad; go dteachtaid†	—	go dteachtar
past	dá dteachtainn	dá dteachtá	dá dteachtadh sé, sí	dá dteachtaimis; dá dteachtadh muid	dá dteachtadh sibh	dá dteachtaidís; dá dteachtadh siad	—	dá dteachtaí
imperative
–	teachtaim	teacht	teachtadh sé, sí	teachtaimis	teachtaigí; teachtaidh†	teachtaidís	—	teachtar

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of teacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teacht	theacht	dteacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN