teacht

See also: téacht

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲaxt̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /tʲæːxt̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish techt, verbal noun of téit (“goes, proceeds, goes away, departs, vanishes”), later of do·icc (“comes to, approaches”), do·tét.

Noun

teacht m (genitive singular teachta)

Declension

Declension of teacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	teacht
Vocative	a theacht
Genitive	teachta
Dative	teacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an teacht
Genitive	an teachta
Dative	leis an teacht don teacht

Alternative forms

tíocht (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Terms derived from teacht

teacht abhaile
teachtaire
teacht amach
teacht aniar

teacht ar aghaidh
teacht as
teacht chun cinn

teacht faoi
teacht isteach
teacht le chéile

Etymology 2

Verb

teacht (present analytic teachtann, future analytic teachtfaidh, verbal noun teachtadh, past participle teachta)

(transitive, law) hold, enjoy (property)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	teachtaim	teachtann tú; teachtair^†	teachtann sé, sí	teachtaimid	teachtann sibh	teachtann siad; teachtaid^†	a theachtann; a theachtas / a dteachtann; a dteachtas	teachtar
	past	theacht mé; theachtas	theacht tú; theachtais	theacht sé, sí	theachtamar; theacht muid	theacht sibh; theachtabhair	theacht siad; theachtadar	a theacht / ar theacht*	teachtadh
	past habitual	theachtainn	theachtá	theachtadh sé, sí	theachtaimis; theachtadh muid	theachtadh sibh	theachtaidís; theachtadh siad	a theachtadh / ar theachtadh*	theachtaí
	future	teachtfaidh mé; teachtfad	teachtfaidh tú; teachtfair^†	teachtfaidh sé, sí	teachtfaimid; teachtfaidh muid	teachtfaidh sibh	teachtfaidh siad; teachtfaid^†	a theachtfaidh; a theachtfas / a dteachtfaidh; a dteachtfas	teachtfar
conditional		theachtfainn	theachtfá	theachtfadh sé, sí	theachtfaimis; theachtfadh muid	theachtfadh sibh	theachtfaidís; theachtfadh siad	a theachtfadh / ar theachtfadh*	theachtfaí
subjunctive	present	go dteachta mé; go dteachtad^†	go dteachta tú; go dteachtair^†	go dteachta sé, sí	go dteachtaimid; go dteachta muid	go dteachta sibh	go dteachta siad; go dteachtaid^†	—	go dteachtar
subjunctive	past	dá dteachtainn	dá dteachtá	dá dteachtadh sé, sí	dá dteachtaimis; dá dteachtadh muid	dá dteachtadh sibh	dá dteachtaidís; dá dteachtadh siad	—	dá dteachtaí
imperative		teachtaim	teacht	teachtadh sé, sí	teachtaimis	teachtaigí; teachtaidh^†	teachtaidís	—	teachtar
verbal noun		teachtadh
past participle		teachta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teacht	theacht	dteacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.