téacs

Irish

Alternative forms

téacsa

Etymology

From Middle Irish técs, técsa (“text; version; verse, citation”), from English text or from a Romance language, ultimately from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

Noun

téacs m (genitive singular téacs, nominative plural téacsanna or téacsa)

text
citation, verse

Declension

Declension of téacs

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	téacs	téacsanna
Vocative	a théacs	a théacsanna
Genitive	téacs	téacsanna
Dative	téacs	téacsanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an téacs	na téacsanna
Genitive	an téacs	na dtéacsanna
Dative	leis an téacs don téacs	leis na téacsanna

Alternative declension

Declension of téacs

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	téacs	téacsa
Vocative	a théacs	a théacsa
Genitive	téacs	téacsa
Dative	téacs	téacsa

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an téacs	na téacsa
Genitive	an téacs	na dtéacsa
Dative	leis an téacs don téacs	leis na téacsa

Derived terms

téacsach (“textual”)
téacsleabhar m (“textbook”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
téacs	théacs	dtéacs
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"téacs" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“técs, técsa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.