teagasc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • teagas, tionchosc
  • teagasg, teagosc, teagosg, teagusg, tionchosg (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲaɡəsˠk/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲaɡəsˠ/[2][3] (corresponding to the form teagas)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (South Donegal) /ˈtʲɨɡəsˠk/ (as if spelled tiogasc)[4], (Central Donegal) /ˈtʲɨɣəsˠk/ (as if spelled tioghasc)[5], (North Donegal) /ˈtʲɛɡəsˠk/[6]

The form teagas, with the final c dropped, is due partly to metanalysis of the phrase teagasc Críostaí (catechism), in which the final /k/ of the first word is assimilated to the initial /c/ of the second word, and partly to the influence of the suffix -as.[7]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tecosc, verbal noun of Old Irish do·inchoisc from to- + in- + com- + the root of seichid.[8] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic teagasg.

Noun

teagasc m (genitive singular teagaisc, nominative plural teagasca)

  1. verbal noun of teagasc
  2. teaching, doctrine
    teagasc na hEaglaisethe teaching/doctrine of the Church
  3. instruction, tuition
  4. precept
  5. moral (moral significance or practical lesson)
  6. (literary) incantation
Declension
Declension of teagasc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative teagasc teagasca
vocative a theagaisc a theagasca
genitive teagaisc teagasc
dative teagasc teagasca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an teagasc na teagasca
genitive an teagaisc na dteagasc
dative leis an teagasc
don teagasc
leis na teagasca
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • inteagaisc
  • mionteagasc
  • sotheagaisc
  • teagasc Críostaí (Christian doctrine, catechism)
  • teagasc seanchaite (shibboleth)
  • teagascach

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tecoiscid, denominal from etymology 1.[9]

Verb

teagasc (present analytic teagascann, future analytic teagascfaidh, verbal noun teagasc, past participle teagasctha)

  1. to teach, instruct, tutor
    Synonym: múin
Conjugation
Conjugation of teagasc (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present teagascaim teagascann tú;
teagascair
teagascann sé, sí teagascaimid; teagascann muid teagascann sibh teagascann siad;
teagascaid
a theagascann; a theagascas teagasctar
past theagasc mé; theagascas theagasc tú; theagascais theagasc sé, sí theagascamar; theagasc muid theagasc sibh; theagascabhair theagasc siad; theagascadar a theagasc teagascadh
past habitual theagascainn /
teagascainn
theagasctá /
teagasctá
theagascadh sé, sí /
teagascadh sé, sí
theagascaimis; theagascadh muid /
teagascaimis; teagascadh muid
theagascadh sibh /
teagascadh sibh
theagascaidís; theagascadh siad /
teagascaidís; teagascadh siad
a theagascadh theagasctaí /
teagasctaí
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future teagascfaidh mé;
teagascfad
teagascfaidh tú;
teagascfair
teagascfaidh sé, sí teagascfaimid;
teagascfaidh muid
teagascfaidh sibh teagascfaidh siad;
teagascfaid
a theagascfaidh; a theagascfas teagascfar
conditional theagascfainn /
teagascfainn
theagascfá /
teagascfá
theagascfadh sé, sí /
teagascfadh sé, sí
theagascfaimis; theagascfadh muid /
teagascfaimis; teagascfadh muid
theagascfadh sibh /
teagascfadh sibh
theagascfaidís; theagascfadh siad /
teagascfaidís; teagascfadh siad
a theagascfadh theagascfaí /
teagascfaí
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go dteagasca mé;
go dteagascad
go dteagasca tú;
go dteagascair
go dteagasca sé, sí go dteagascaimid;
go dteagasca muid
go dteagasca sibh go dteagasca siad;
go dteagascaid
go dteagasctar
past dteagascainn dteagasctá dteagascadh sé, sí dteagascaimis;
dteagascadh muid
dteagascadh sibh dteagascaidís;
dteagascadh siad
dteagasctaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
teagascaim teagasc teagascadh sé, sí teagascaimis teagascaigí;
teagascaidh
teagascaidís teagasctar
past participle teagasctha
verbal noun teagasc

archaic or dialect form
dependent form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of teagasc
radical lenition eclipsis
teagasc theagasc dteagasc

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

References

  1. ^ teagasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 294
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 130, page 31
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 426, page 138
  5. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922), The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 32, page 15
  6. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979), Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 302
  7. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 344, page 146
  8. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tecosc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  9. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tecoiscid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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