teilgean

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From teilg +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲlʲɪɟənˠ/[1] (as if spelled tligean)

Noun

teilgean m (genitive singular as substantive teilgin, genitive as verbal noun teilgthe)

  1. verbal noun of teilg
  2. cast, throw, projection
  3. (metallurgy) cast

Declension

(as regular noun):

Declension of teilgean (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative teilgean
vocative a theilgin
genitive teilgin
dative teilgean
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an teilgean
genitive an teilgin
dative leis an teilgean
don teilgean

(as verbal noun):

Declension of teilgean (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative teilgean
vocative a theilgean
genitive teilgthe
dative teilgean
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an teilgean
genitive an teilgthe
dative leis an teilgean
don teilgean

Derived terms

  • teilgean bia (“vomiting of food”)
  • teilgean cainte (“idiom, expression”)
  • teilgean cinn (“intelligence, cleverness”)
  • teilgean léarscáile (“map projection”)
  • teilgean mapa (“map projection”)
  • teilgean saighead (“discharge of arrows”)
  • urtheilgean (“hyperbole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teilgean
radical lenition eclipsis
teilgean theilgean dteilgean

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 229, page 84

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