téad

See also: tead

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tét, from Proto-Celtic *tantā (“cord”) (compare Welsh tant (“cord”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”) (compare English thin, Latin tendō (“stretch”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲiad̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

téad f (genitive singular téide, nominative plural téada)

1. rope
2. string of a musical instrument

Declension

Declension of téad

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative téad téada Vocative a théad a théada Genitive téide téad Dative téad téid (archaic, dialectal) téada

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an téad na téada Genitive na téide na dtéad Dative leis an téad leis an téid (archaic, dialectal) don téad don téid (archaic, dialectal) leis na téada

Derived terms

• téadchlár

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• téighead (superseded)

Verb

téad

1. (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of téigh

Usage notes

The standard language uses the analytic form té mé.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
téad	théad	dtéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “téad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 724
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “téad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN