teifeach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲæ(h)/

Noun

teifeach m (genitive singular teifigh, nominative plural teifigh)

1. runaway, fugitive

Declension

Declension of teifeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teifeach teifigh vocative a theifigh a theifeacha genitive teifigh teifeach dative teifeach teifigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teifeach na teifigh genitive an teifigh na dteifeach dative leis an teifeach don teifeach leis na teifigh

Adjective

teifeach (genitive singular masculine theifigh, genitive singular feminine teifí, plural teifeacha, comparative teifí)

1. fugitive

Declension

Declension of teifeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teifeach	theifeach	teifeacha; theifeacha2
vocative	theifigh		teifeacha
genitive		teifí	teifeacha	teifeach
dative	teifeach; theifeach1	theifeach; theifigh (archaic)	teifeacha; theifeacha2
Comparative	níos teifí
Superlative	is teifí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of teifeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teifeach	theifeach	dteifeach

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) “teifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN