techt

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish techt, from Proto-Celtic *tixtā.

Noun

techt f

1. verbal noun of téit

Noun

techt m (genitive techta, nominative plural techta)

1. messenger, envoy
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

     At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

Descendants

• Irish: teacht
• Scottish Gaelic: teachd

Etymology 2

Back-formation of techtaid.

Noun

techt m

1. possessions, property

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·techt

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of techtaid

Mutation

Mutation of techt

radical	lenition	nasalization
techt	thecht	techt pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲext]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tixtā.

Noun

techt f (genitive techtae, no plural)

1. verbal noun of téit
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 111^c13

     Is hé ru·fiastar cumachtae inna díglae do·mbi{u}r-siu húa londas, intí du·écigi{gi} is ar trócairi ⁊ censi du·bir-siu forunni siu innahí fo·daimem ré techt innúnn.

     He who will know the power of the punishment which you sg inflict by means of wrath, it is he who will see that it is for the sake of mercy and gentleness that you inflict on us here the things that we suffer before going there.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	techtL	—	—
vocative	techtL	—	—
accusative	techtN	—	—
genitive	techtaeH	—	—
dative	techtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• coímthecht
• comaitecht
• comthaithecht
• essimthecht
• estecht
• fortacht
• fritecht
• frituidecht
• imthecht
• inotacht
• remthechtas
• tairmthecht
• tairmthechtas
• titacht
• tuidecht

Descendants

• Middle Irish: techt
  • Irish: teacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 techt “going””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·techt

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of techtaid

Mutation

Mutation of techt

radical	lenition	nasalization
techt	thecht	techt pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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