teglach

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

teglach pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of teiglach

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *tegoslougom, a compound of *tegos (house) and *slougos (troop, army). Cognate to Welsh teulu (family).[1] Etymologically equivalent to tech +‎ slóg.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

teglach n

  1. family
  2. household

Inflection[edit]

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative teglachN teglachN teglachL, teglacha
Vocative teglachN teglachN teglachL, teglacha
Accusative teglachN teglachN teglachL, teglacha
Genitive teglaigL teglach teglachN
Dative teglachL teglachaib teglachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: teaghlach
  • Manx: thielagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
teglach theglach teglach
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tego-slowgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 376-377

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