téacht

See also: teacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish téchtaige, from Old Irish coiteichtea, from Proto-Celtic *tenkto, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to contract”), see also Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”).[1]

Verb

téacht (present analytic téachtann, future analytic téachtfaidh, verbal noun téachtadh, past participle téachta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) freeze; congeal, coagulate; set, solidify

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • antaithéachtach (“anticoagulant”, adjective)
  • antaithéachtach m (“anticoagulant”)
  • téachtach m (“coagulant”)
  • téachtfhuil f (“clotted blood”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
téacht théacht dtéacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “téacht”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page teuchd

Further reading

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