teastaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

tastaigh (Galway)

Etymology

From Middle Irish testaigid (“be lacking”), from Old Irish ·testa, prototonic form of do·esta (“be lacking”), from to- + ess- + ·tá.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠəɟ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠasˠt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the form tastaigh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠi/

Verb

teastaigh (present analytic teastaíonn, future analytic teastóidh, verbal noun teastáil, past participle teastaithe)

to be wanted, to be needed
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 239:
  tȧstīn̄ wæmšə mə lāvə ńī.
  conventional orthography: Teastaíonn uaimse mo lámha a ní.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 293:
  fāgn̥̄ tū nə ńī əs mō ə hȧstīs wæc, də jiə gə miniḱ
  conventional orthography: Fágann tú na nithe is mó a theastaíos uait i do dhiaidh go minic.
  You often leave behind you the things you need the most.
An dteastaíonn uait labhairt leis?
Do you want to speak with him?

Usage notes

Used impersonally or with the object wanted/needed as the subject, with the person doing the wanting/needing expressed as the object of the preposition ó (“by”).

Conjugation

Second Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	teastaím	teastaíonn tú; teastaír^†	teastaíonn sé, sí	teastaímid; teastaíonn muid	teastaíonn sibh	teastaíonn siad; teastaíd^†	a theastaíonn; a theastaíos / a dteastaíonn; a dteastaíos	teastaítear
	past	theastaigh mé; theastaíos	theastaigh tú; theastaís	theastaigh sé, sí	theastaíomar; theastaigh muid	theastaigh sibh; theastaíobhair	theastaigh siad; theastaíodar	a theastaigh / ar theastaigh*	teastaíodh
	past habitual	theastaínn / dteastaínn‡‡	theastaíteá / dteastaíteá‡‡	theastaíodh sé, sí / dteastaíodh sé, sí‡‡	theastaímis; theastaíodh muid / dteastaímis‡‡; dteastaíodh muid‡‡	theastaíodh sibh / dteastaíodh sibh‡‡	theastaídís; theastaíodh siad / dteastaídís‡‡; dteastaíodh siad‡‡	a theastaíodh / a dteastaíodh*	theastaítí / dteastaítí‡‡
	future	teastóidh mé; teastód; teastóchaidh mé^†	teastóidh tú; teastóir^†; teastóchaidh tú^†	teastóidh sé, sí; teastóchaidh sé, sí^†	teastóimid; teastóidh muid; teastóchaimid^†; teastóchaidh muid^†	teastóidh sibh; teastóchaidh sibh^†	teastóidh siad; teastóid^†; teastóchaidh siad^†	a theastóidh; a theastós; a theastóchaidh^†; a theastóchas^† / a dteastóidh; a dteastós; a dteastóchaidh^†; a dteastóchas^†	teastófar; teastóchar^†
conditional		theastóinn; theastóchainn^† / dteastóinn‡‡; dteastóchainn^†‡‡	theastófá; theastóchthá^† / dteastófá‡‡; dteastóchthá^†‡‡	theastódh sé, sí; theastóchadh sé, sí^† / dteastódh sé, sí‡‡; dteastóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	theastóimis; theastódh muid; theastóchaimis^†; theastóchadh muid^† / dteastóimis‡‡; dteastódh muid‡‡; dteastóchaimis^†‡‡; dteastóchadh muid^†‡‡	theastódh sibh; theastóchadh sibh^† / dteastódh sibh‡‡; dteastóchadh sibh^†‡‡	theastóidís; theastódh siad; theastóchadh siad^† / dteastóidís‡‡; dteastódh siad‡‡; dteastóchadh siad^†‡‡	a theastódh; a theastóchadh^† / a dteastódh; a dteastóchadh^†	theastófaí; theastóchthaí^† / dteastófaí‡‡; dteastóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go dteastaí mé; go dteastaíod^†	go dteastaí tú; go dteastaír^†	go dteastaí sé, sí	go dteastaímid; go dteastaí muid	go dteastaí sibh	go dteastaí siad; go dteastaíd^†	—	go dteastaítear
subjunctive	past	dá dteastaínn	dá dteastaíteá	dá dteastaíodh sé, sí	dá dteastaímis; dá dteastaíodh muid	dá dteastaíodh sibh	dá dteastaídís; dá dteastaíodh siad	—	dá dteastaítí
imperative		teastaím	teastaigh	teastaíodh sé, sí	teastaímis	teastaígí; teastaídh^†	teastaídís	—	teastaítear
verbal noun		teastáil
past participle		teastaithe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teastaigh	theastaigh	dteastaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “do·esta”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 testaigid”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“teastuiġim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 239.
"teastaigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.