teachtaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish techtaire (“messenger, courier, envoy”). By surface analysis, teacht +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲaxt̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

teachtaire m (genitive singular teachtaire, nominative plural teachtairí)

1. messenger

Declension

Declension of teachtaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative teachtaire teachtairí Vocative a theachtaire a theachtairí Genitive teachtaire teachtairí Dative teachtaire teachtairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an teachtaire na teachtairí Genitive an teachtaire na dteachtairí Dative leis an teachtaire don teachtaire leis na teachtairí

Related terms

• teachtaireacht (“message”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teachtaire	theachtaire	dteachtaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.