teacsa

See also: téacsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish técs, técsa (“text; version; verse, citation”), from English text or from a Romance language, ultimately from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”).

Noun

teacsa m (genitive singular teacsa, plural teacsaichean)

text

Derived terms

co-theacsa
teacs-leabhar m (“textbook”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“técs, técsa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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