teith

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish teichid (Manx çhea, Scottish Gaelic teich), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (to run, flee) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to flow, run) (Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, hurries), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, to run), Lithuanian tekė́ti (to flow), Albanian ndjek (to follow).

Verb

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teith (present analytic teitheann, future analytic teithfidh, verbal noun teitheadh, past participle teite)

  1. to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]
  2. to run off (leave or depart quickly)
  3. to retreat (withdraw military forces)
    Synonym: cúlaigh
  4. to shun, avoid [with ó]
    Synonym: seachain
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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teith (genitive singular feminine teithe, plural teo, comparative teo)

  1. Obsolete spelling of te (hot).

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teith theith dteith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.