tech
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of technology, technician, and technique.
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NounEdit
tech (countable and uncountable, plural techs)
- (informal) technology
- (informal) technician
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- (informal) technique
- (informal, used in titles) technical college
- Greenville Technical College is informally known as Greenville Tech.
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Old IrishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos (“cover, roof”), from *steg- (“to cover”); cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tech n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige or taige)
DeclensionEdit
Neuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Vocative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Accusative | techN, teg | techN, teg | tigeL, taigeH |
Genitive | tigeL, taigeH | tige, taigeH | tigeN, taigeH |
Dative | tigL, taigL | tigib | tigib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tech | thech | tech pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language