téad

See also: tead

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tét,[1] from Proto-Celtic *tantā (“cord”) (compare Welsh tant (“cord”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”) (compare English thin, Latin tendō (“stretch”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /tʲiad̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /tʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

téad f (genitive singular téide, nominative plural téada)

  1. rope
  2. string of a musical instrument
Declension
Declension of téad (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative téad téada
vocative a théad a théada
genitive téide téad
dative téad
téid (archaic, dialectal) 		téada
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an téad na téada
genitive na téide na dtéad
dative leis an téad
leis an téid (archaic, dialectal)
don téad
don téid (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na téada
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

téad

  1. (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of téigh
Usage notes

The standard language uses the analytic form té mé.

Mutation

Mutated forms of téad
radical lenition eclipsis
téad théad dtéad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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