Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish teichid (Irish teith, Manx çhea), 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).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʲʰeç/, /tʃʰeç/

Verb edit

teich (past theich, future teichidh, verbal noun teiche, past participle teichte)

  1. flee, run away, escape, get out, abscond, fly
  2. elope
  3. desert (one's duty, e.g. the army)

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