teacsa

See also: téacsa

Scottish Gaelic

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

teacsa m (genitive singular teacsa, plural teacsaichean)

1. text

Derived terms

• co-theacsa
• teacs-leabhar m (“textbook”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “teacsa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “técs, técsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language