téit

See also: teit and -teit

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish téit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeːdʲ/

Verb

téit (conjunct ·tét, verbal noun techt or dul)

1. to go, come
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, lines 11, 13:

     In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil, iss ed no·ithed.

     Each man who came along the passage would put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he got at the first taking, it was that which he ate.

Inflection

• Third person singular imperfect indicative: ·téiged, ·téged

Descendants

• Classical Gaelic: téid
• Irish: téigh
• Scottish Gaelic: rach

Mutation

Mutation of téit

radical	lenition	nasalization
téit	théit	téit pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “téit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲeːdʲ]

Etymology 1

The present stem is from Proto-Celtic *teigeti, from Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti. The origin of the anomalous third-person singular téit is unclear, and multiple explanations exist. Most likely it comes from Proto-Indo-European *tént, the root aorist of *ten- (“to stretch”) (compare Sanskrit अतन् (atan), aorist of Sanskrit तनोति (tanoti)). The regular form would be *téigid.

The preterite active stem is from Proto-Celtic *ludet, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ludʰét (“to arrive”) (compare Sanskrit अरुधत् (arudhát), Ancient Greek ἦλθον (êlthon), ἤλυθον (ḗluthon), Tocharian A läc. The preterite passive stem is from Proto-Celtic *itos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁itós, from *h₁ey- (“to go”).

The future stem is from Proto-Celtic *rigāti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥gʰ-, zero grade of *h₁ergʰ- (“to go, move”) (compare Ancient Greek ἔρχομαι (érkhomai)). The second-person imperatives may be from the full grade of the same root, or they may be from *exs- (“out”) + *regeti (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

The perfective stem is from dí- +‎ com- +‎ feidid (“to lead”), from Proto-Celtic *wedeti, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb

téit (conjunct ·tét, verbal noun techt or dul)

1. to go

For quotations using this term, see Citations:téit.

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, suffixless preterite, a future, s subjunctive, irregular

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.	tíagu	tégi, téigi	téit	tíagmi, tíagmai		tíagait	tíagair	tíagtair
	conj.	·tíag	·téig	·tét	·tíagam	·téigid, ·téit	·tíagat	·tíagar	·tíagtar
	rel.			téte, téite	tíagme, tíagmae		tíagtae	tíagar
imperfect indicative		·téginn		·téged, ·téiged	·téigmis		·téigtis	·téigthe
preterite	abs.	lod	lod	luid	lodmar		lodatar, lotar, lotair	ethae
	conj.	·lod, ·lud	·lod	·luid	·lodmar		·lotar	·eth
	rel.			luide
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	abs.	rega	regae	regaid	regmai, rigmi	regthae	regait	regthair, rigthir
	conj.	·reg, ·rig	·regae	·rega, ·riga	·regam	·regaid	·regat	·regthar
	rel.			regas, rigas	ragmae		regtae	regthar
conditional		·regainn	·regtha	·regad, ·rigad	·regmais	·regthae	·regtais
present subjunctive	abs.	tíasu	tési, téisi	tés, téis	tíasmai	tíastae	tíasait	tíasair
	conj.	·tías	·tés, ·téis	·té, ·téi	·tíasam	·tésid, ·téisid	·tíasat	·tíasar, ·tíastar
	rel.			tías	tíasmae		tíastae	tíasar, tíastar
past subjunctive		·téisinn	·tíasta	·téised	·tíasmais	·tíastae	·tíastais	tíastae	·tíastais
imperative		tíach, tíag	airg, eirg	tét	tíagam	eircid, ergid, eirgid	tíagat	tíagar
verbal noun		techt, dul
past participle
verbal of necessity

Perfective forms based on do·cuat

Complex, class B I present, suffixless preterite, s subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	deut.			do·cuat
	prot.	·digthim		·dichet		·digthid
imperfect indicative	deut.
	prot.			·digthed
preterite	deut.
	prot.
perfect	deut.	do·coad, do·cood		do·coïd, du·coaid	do·commar		do·cotar	do·coas
	prot.	·dechud	·dechod, ·dechud	·dechuid	·dechummar		·dechutar	·dechas
future	deut.
	prot.
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.		do·cois	do·coí			do·coísat
	prot.	·dechus, ·dichius	·dechais, ·dichis	·dich, ·decha	·dechsam	·dechsaid, ·dichsid	·dechsat, ·dichset
past subjunctive	deut.			do·coísed			do·coístis
	prot.	·dechsainn		·dechsad, ·dichsed			·dechsaitis, ·dichsitis
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• ar·tét
• con·étet
• con·tét
• do·autat
• do·tét
• for·tét
• fris·tét
• imm·téit
• remi·tét
• tarmi·tét
• téit do

Descendants

• Middle Irish: téit
  • Classical Gaelic: téid
  • Irish: téigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: rach

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “téit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 840, pages 639–42

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

téit

1. inflection of tét:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Mutation of téit

radical	lenition	nasalization
téit	théit	téit pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.