teaspach

Irish

Alternative forms

• teasbhach
• teasbach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tesbach, from Old Irish tess (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲɪsˠˈbˠɑx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠwa(x)/ (corresponding to the form teasbhach)

Noun

teaspach m (genitive singular teaspaigh)

1. heat, warmth, sultriness, hot weather
2. exuberance, animal spirits, spirit, ardour, wantonness

   Synonyms: anamúlacht, spleodar

3. fury (especially of warriors in battle)

Declension

Declension of teaspach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative teaspach vocative a theaspaigh genitive teaspaigh dative teaspach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an teaspach genitive an teaspaigh dative leis an teaspach don teaspach

Derived terms

• bain an teaspaigh de (“to cool s.o.'s ardour, to having a sobering effect on”)
• dreoilín teasbhaigh (“grasshopper”)
• slaghdán teaspaigh (“hay fever”)
• tonn teaspaigh (“heatwave”)

Related terms

• te
• teas
• teasach
• teocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of teaspach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teaspach	theaspach	dteaspach

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

Further reading

• “teaspach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tesbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teasḃaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 728
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teaspach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN