téagartha
Irish
Alternative forms
- téagarach, téagardha, téagarthach, téagrach
- tégartha, teugarach, teugartha (obsolete)
Etymology
From téagar (“substance, bulk”) + -tha
Adjective
téagartha
- substantial, stout, burly, strong, bulky, large
- Synonym: alpartha
- teann téagartha ― strong and thickset
- stout (corpulent), full (plump, round), full-figured
- sheltered, comfortable and warm (of a house etc.)
Declension
Declension of téagartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | téagartha | théagartha | téagartha; théagartha² | |
| Vocative | théagartha | téagartha | ||
| Genitive | téagartha | téagartha | téagartha | |
| Dative | téagartha; théagartha¹ | théagartha | téagartha; théagartha² | |
| Comparative | níos téagartha | |||
| Superlative | is téagartha | |||
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 |
| téagartha | théagartha | dtéagartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “téagartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “técartha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “téagarṫa, téagarṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 724
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “téagraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 725
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “téagartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN