teas

See also: teás and téas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz
• Homophones: tease, tees

Noun

teas

1. plural of tea

Verb

teas

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tea

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, East, SEAT, east, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, seta, tase

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tess (“heat, warmth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲasˠ/
• IPA^(key): /tʲæsˠ/

Noun

teas m (genitive singular teasa)

1. heat, warmth
2. passion
3. feverishness

Declension

Declension of teas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative teas Vocative a theas Genitive teasa Dative teas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an teas Genitive an teasa Dative leis an teas don teas

Synonyms

• (heat, warmth): teocht

Derived terms

• teas adamhach (“atomic heat”)
• teas folaigh (“latent heat”)

Related terms

• te (“hot, warm”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tess (“heat, warmth”).

Noun

teas m (genitive singular teas, no plural)

1. heat

   Bha iad gam blianadh fhèin anns teas na grèine. - They were basking in the heat of the sun.

Derived terms

• ain-teas
• teasachadh - heating
• teasadair - heater
• teasaich - heat (up)
• teas-mheidh - thermometer

Related terms

• teodhachd - temperature
• teth - hot

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Spanish

Noun

teas f

1. plural of tea