techt

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish techt, from Proto-Celtic *tixtā.

Noun

techt f

1. verbal noun of téit

Noun

techt m (genitive techta, nominative plural techta)

1. messenger, envoy
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

     At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

Descendants

• Irish: teacht
• Scottish Gaelic: teachd

Etymology 2

Back-formation from techtaid.

Noun

techt m

1. possessions, property

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·techt

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of techtaid

Mutation

Mutation of techt

radical	lenition	nasalization
techt	thecht	techt pronounced with /d̪-/ or /d̠ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̠ʲext̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tixtā.

Noun

techt f (genitive techtae, no plural)

1. verbal noun of téit

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:techt.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	techtL	—	—
vocative	techtL	—	—
accusative	techtN	—	—
genitive	techtaeH	—	—
dative	techtL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• coímthecht
• comaitecht
• comthaithecht
• essimthecht
• estecht
• fortacht
• fritecht
• frituidecht
• imthecht
• inotacht
• remthechtas
• tairmthecht
• tairmthechtas
• titacht
• tuidecht

Descendants

• Middle Irish: techt
  • Irish: teacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 techt “going””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·techt

1. third-person singular preterite conjunct of techtaid

Mutation

Mutation of techt

radical	lenition	nasalization
techt	thecht	techt pronounced with /d̪̠ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.