teglach

English

Noun

teglach pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of teiglach

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tegoslougom, a compound of *tegos (“house”) and *slougos (“troop, army”). Cognate to Welsh teulu (“family”). Etymologically equivalent to tech +‎ slóg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲeɣlax/

Noun

teglach n

1. family
2. household

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
vocative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
accusative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
genitive	teglaigL	teglach	teglachN
dative	teglachL	teglachaib	teglachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: teaghlach
• Manx: thielagh
• Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach

Mutation

Mutation of teglach

radical	lenition	nasalization
teglach	theglach	teglach 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.

Further reading

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