teach

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tiːtʃ/, SAMPA: /ti:tS/

  Rhymes: -iːtʃ

• (US) IPA: /titʃ/, SAMPA: /titS/

  Rhymes: -itʃ

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[edit] Etymology

Old English tǣċan, from Germanic. Related to token.

[edit] Verb

to teach (third-person singular simple present teaches, present participle teaching, simple past and past participle taught)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:

     Than Sir Launcelot armed hym and toke his horse, and so he was taughte to the abbey.

2. (transitive) To pass on knowledge.

   Can you teach me to sew?

   Can you teach sewing to me?

3. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

   She used to teach at university.

[edit] Synonyms

• (transitive, to pass on knowledge): educate, instruct

[edit] Antonyms

• (intransitive, to pass on knowledge): learn

[edit] Derived terms

• give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aceht
• cheat
• tache
• theca

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʲæx/, SAMPA: /t'{x/

[edit] Noun

teach m.

1. a house, a dwelling

[edit] Declension

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative teach tithe Vocative a theach a thithe Genitive tí tithe Dative teach tithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an teach na tithe Genitive an tí na dtithe Dative leis an teach don teach leis na tithe

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teach	theach	dteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.