teaghais

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish tegdais, tegais, tegdas, techdais (house, dwelling, mansion). Related to tech (house).

Noun

teaghais f (genitive singular teaghaise, nominative plural teaghaisí)

  1. (literary) house, dwelling
  2. tabernacle, church
  3. room, apartment
  4. (ecclesiastical) see

Declension

Declension of teaghais (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative teaghais teaghaisí
vocative a theaghais a theaghaisí
genitive teaghaise teaghaisí
dative teaghais teaghaisí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an teaghais na teaghaisí
genitive na teaghaise na dteaghaisí
dative leis an teaghais
don teaghais
leis na teaghaisí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of teaghais
radical lenition eclipsis
teaghais theaghais dteaghais

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

Further reading