teglach

English

Noun

teglach pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of teiglach

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tegoslougom, a compound of *tegos (“house”) and *slougos (“troop, army”). Cognate to Welsh teulu (“family”). Etymologically equivalent to tech +‎ slóg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲeɣlax/

Noun

teglach n

1. family
2. household

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
Vocative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
Accusative	teglachN	teglachN	teglachL, teglacha
Genitive	teglaigL	teglach	teglachN
Dative	teglachL	teglachaib	teglachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: teaghlach
• Manx: thielagh
• Scottish Gaelic: teaghlach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
teglach	theglach	teglach pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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