teifeach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲæ(h)/

Noun

teifeach m (genitive singular teifigh, nominative plural teifigh)

1. runaway, fugitive

Declension

Declension of teifeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative teifeach teifigh Vocative a theifigh a theifeacha Genitive teifigh teifeach Dative teifeach teifigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an teifeach na teifigh Genitive an teifigh na dteifeach Dative leis an teifeach don teifeach leis na teifigh

Adjective

teifeach (genitive singular masculine theifigh, genitive singular feminine teifí, plural teifeacha, comparative teifí)

1. fugitive

Declension

Declension of teifeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teifeach	theifeach	teifeacha; theifeacha²
Vocative	theifigh		teifeacha
Genitive		teifí	teifeacha	teifeach
Dative	teifeach; theifeach¹	theifeach; theifigh (archaic)	teifeacha; theifeacha²
Comparative	níos teifí
Superlative	is teifí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teifeach	theifeach	dteifeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN