teastaigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- tastaigh (Galway)
Etymology
From Middle Irish testaigid (“be lacking”), from Old Irish ·testa, prototonic form of do·esta (“be lacking”), from to- + ess- + ·tá.
Pronunciation
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- 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)
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Verb
teastaigh (present analytic teastaíonn, future analytic teastóidh, verbal noun teastáil, past participle teastaithe)
- 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.
- tȧstīn̄ wæmšə mə lāvə ńī.
- 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.
- conventional orthography: Fágann tú na nithe is mó a theastaíos uait i do dhiaidh go minic.
- fāgn̥̄ tū nə ńī əs mō ə hȧstīs wæc, də jiə gə miniḱ
- 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
conjugation of teastaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·esta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 testaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teastaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN