teifeach

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛfʲæ(h)/

Noun

teifeach m (genitive singular teifigh, nominative plural teifigh)

  1. runaway, fugitive

Declension
Declension of teifeach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative teifeach teifigh
Vocative a theifigh a theifeacha
Genitive teifigh teifeach
Dative teifeach teifigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an teifeach na teifigh
Genitive an teifigh na dteifeach
Dative leis an teifeach

don teifeach

 leis na teifigh

Adjective

teifeach (genitive singular masculine theifigh, genitive singular feminine teifí, plural teifeacha, comparative teifí)

  1. fugitive

Declension
Declension of teifeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative teifeach theifeach teifeacha;
theifeacha²
Vocative theifigh teifeacha
Genitive teifí teifeacha teifeach
Dative teifeach;
theifeach¹		 theifeach;
theifigh (archaic)		 teifeacha;
theifeacha²
Comparative níos teifí
Superlative is teifí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teifeach theifeach dteifeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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