téad

See also: tead

Irish

From Old Irish tét, from Proto-Celtic *tantā (“cord”) (compare Welsh tant (“cord”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”) (compare English thin, Latin tendō (“stretch”)).

téad f (genitive singular téide, nominative plural téada)

Declension of téad

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an téad	na téada
Genitive	na téide	na dtéad
Dative	leis an téad leis an téid (archaic, dialectal) don téad don téid (archaic, dialectal)	leis na téada

See the etymology of the main entry.

téad

The standard language uses the analytic form té mé.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
téad	théad	dtéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 tét”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
“téad” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"téad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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