teastaigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish testaigid (be lacking), from Old Irish ·testa, prototonic form of do·esta (be lacking), from to- + ess- + ·tá.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Munster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠəɟ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Galway" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠasˠt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the form tastaigh)
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ulster" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠi/

Verb

teastaigh (present analytic teastaíonn, future analytic teastóidh, verbal noun teastáil, past participle teastaithe)

  1. to be wanted, to be needed
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239:
      tȧstīn̄ wæmšə mə lāvə ńī.
      conventional orthography: Teastaíonn uaimse mo lámha a ní.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 293:
      fāgn̥̄ tū nə ńī əs mō ə hȧstīs wæc, də jiə gə miniḱ
      conventional orthography: Fágann tú na nithe is mó a theastaíos uait i do dhiaidh go minic.
      You often leave behind you the things you need the most.
    An dteastaíonn uait labhairt leis?
    Do you want to speak with him?

Usage notes

  • Used impersonally or with the object wanted/needed as the subject, with the person doing the wanting/needing expressed as the object of the preposition ó (by).

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teastaigh theastaigh dteastaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References