teastaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

tastaigh (Galway)
teastuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish testaigid (“be lacking”), from Old Irish ·testa, prototonic form of do·esta (“be lacking”), from to- + ess- + ·tá,^[1] ^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠəɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠasˠt̪ˠə/^[3] (corresponding to the form tastaigh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠi/

Verb

teastaigh (present analytic teastaíonn, future analytic teastóidh, verbal noun teastáil, past participle teastaithe)

to be wanted, to be needed
Synonym: is mian le

An dteastaíonn uait labhairt leis?
Do you want to speak with him?
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239:
  tȧstīn̄ wæmšə mə lāvə ńī.
  [Teastaíonn uaimse mo lámha a ní.]
  I want/need to wash my hands.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 293:
  fāgn̥̄ tū nə ńī əs mō ə hȧstīs wæc, də jiə gə miniḱ
  [Fágann tú na nithe is mó a theastaíos uait i do dhiaidh go minic.]
  You often leave behind you the things you need the most.

Usage notes

Used impersonally or with the thing wanted/needed as the subject and the person by whom the thing is wanted expressed as an indirect object through the preposition ó (“from”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of *teastaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	teastaím	teastaíonn tú; teastaír^†	teastaíonn sé, sí	teastaímid; teastaíonn muid	teastaíonn sibh	teastaíonn siad; teastaíd^†	a theastaíonn; a theastaíos	teastaítear
past	theastaigh mé; theastaíos	theastaigh tú; theastaís	theastaigh sé, sí	theastaíomar; theastaigh muid	theastaigh sibh; theastaíobhair	theastaigh siad; theastaíodar	a theastaigh	teastaíodh
past habitual	theastaínn / teastaínn^‡	theastaíteá / teastaíteá^‡	theastaíodh sé, sí / teastaíodh sé, sí^‡	theastaímis; theastaíodh muid / teastaímis^‡; teastaíodh muid^‡	theastaíodh sibh / teastaíodh sibh^‡	theastaídís; theastaíodh / teastaídís^‡; teastaíodh siad^‡	a theastaíodh	theastaítí / teastaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	teastóidh mé; teastód; teastóchaidh mé^†	teastóidh tú; teastóir^†; teastóchaidh tú^†	teastóidh sé, sí; teastóchaidh sé, sí^†	teastóimid; teastóidh muid; teastóchaimid^†; teastóchaidh muid^†	teastóidh sibh; teastóchaidh sibh^†	teastóidh siad; teastóid^†; teastóchaidh siad^†	a theastóidh; a theastós; a theastóchaidh^†; a theastóchas^†	teastófar; teastóchar^†
conditional	theastóinn; theastóchainn^† / teastóinn^‡; teastóchainn^†^‡	theastófá; theastóchthá^† / teastófá^‡; teastóchthá^†^‡	theastódh sé, sí; theastóchadh sé, sí^† / teastódh sé, sí^‡; teastóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	theastóimis; theastódh muid; theastóchaimis^†; theastóchadh muid^† / teastóimis^‡; teastódh muid^‡; teastóchaimis^†^‡; teastóchadh muid^†^‡	theastódh sibh; theastóchadh sibh^† / teastódh sibh^‡; teastóchadh sibh^†^‡	theastóidís; theastódh siad; theastóchaidís^†; theastóchadh siad^† / teastóidís^‡; teastódh siad^‡; teastóchaidís^†^‡; teastóchadh siad^†^‡	a theastódh; a theastóchadh^†	theastófaí; theastóchthaí^† / teastófaí^‡; teastóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go dteastaí mé; go dteastaíod^†	go dteastaí tú; go dteastaír^†	go dteastaí sé, sí	go dteastaímid; go dteastaí muid	go dteastaí sibh	go dteastaí siad; go dteastaíd^†	—	go dteastaítear
past	dá dteastaínn	dá dteastaíteá	dá dteastaíodh sé, sí	dá dteastaímis; dá dteastaíodh muid	dá dteastaíodh sibh	dá dteastaídís; dá dteastaíodh siad	—	dá dteastaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	teastaím	teastaigh	teastaíodh sé, sí	teastaímis	teastaígí; teastaídh^†	teastaídís	—	teastaítear

past participle	teastaithe

verbal noun	teastáil

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *teastaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
teastaigh	theastaigh	dteastaigh

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·esta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 testaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 239