Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish teilcid, from Old Irish do·léici (to throw, cast) (prototonic ·teilci).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

teilg (present analytic teilgeann, future analytic teilgfidh, verbal noun teilgean, past participle teilgthe)

  1. to cast, throw
  2. to project
  3. to fade (of clothes)
  4. (metallurgy) to cast
  5. to slake (lime)
  6. (law) to convict, sentence

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • teilgeoir (thrower, pitcher, slinger; projector; founder; earther, moulder; moulder, plasterer)
  • urtheilgeach (hyperbolic)
  • urtheilgean (hyperbole)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teilg theilg dteilg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.