téad

See also: tead

Irish

Etymology 1

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)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /tʲiad̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /tʲeːd̪ˠ/

Noun

téad f (genitive singular téide, nominative plural téada)

  1. rope
  2. string of a musical instrument
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

Verb

téad

  1. (archaic, Munster) first-person singular present subjunctive of téigh
Usage notes

The standard language uses the analytic form .

Mutation

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.

References

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