teachtaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish techtaire (“messenger, courier, envoy”). By surface analysis, teacht +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲaxt̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

teachtaire m (genitive singular teachtaire, nominative plural teachtairí)

1. messenger

Declension

Declension of teachtaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teachtaire teachtairí vocative a theachtaire a theachtairí genitive teachtaire teachtairí dative teachtaire teachtairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teachtaire na teachtairí genitive an teachtaire na dteachtairí dative leis an teachtaire don teachtaire leis na teachtairí

Related terms

• teachtaireacht (“message”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teachtaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teachtaire	theachtaire	dteachtaire

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