teilgean
Irish
Alternative forms
- teilgint f
Noun
teilgean m (genitive singular as substantive teilgin, genitive as verbal noun teilgthe)
- verbal noun of teilg
- cast, throw, projection
- (metallurgy) cast
- (agriculture) earthing
- slaking (of lime)
- lastingness, durability; economization
Declension
(as regular noun):
Declension of teilgean
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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(as verbal noun):
Declension of teilgean
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- teilgean bia (“vomiting of food”)
- teilgean cainte (“idiom, expression”)
- teilgean cinn (“intelligence, cleverness”)
- teilgean léarscáile, teilgean mapa (“map projection”)
- teilgean saighead (“discharge of arrows”)
- urtheilgean (“hyperbole”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teilgean | theilgean | dteilgean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teilgean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teilgean”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “teilgean”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024