teglach
English edit
Noun edit
teglach pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of teiglach
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *tegoslougom, a compound of *tegos (“house”) and *slougos (“troop, army”). Cognate to Welsh teulu (“family”).[1] Etymologically equivalent to tech + slóg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
teglach n
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tego-slowgo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 376-377
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “teglach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language