téchtae
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *tanxtyos, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to be solid, firm”); cognate with Welsh teithi (“proper characteristics, proper duties”).[1] Closely related to Proto-Celtic *tankos (“peace”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittéchtae
Declension
edit| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | téchtae | téchtae | téchtae |
| Vocative | téchtai | ||
| Accusative | téchtae | téchtai | |
| Genitive | téchtai | téchtae | téchtai |
| Dative | téchtu | téchtai | téchtu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | téchtai | téchtai | |
| Vocative | téchtai téchtu* | ||
| Accusative | téchtai téchtu* | ||
| Genitive | téchtae | ||
| Dative | téchtaib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| téchtae | théchtae | téchtae pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 210, page 128
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “téchtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language