# teith
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʲɛ(h)/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish teichid (Manx çhea, Scottish Gaelic teich), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (“to run, flee”) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow, run”) (Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, “hurries”), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, “to run”), Lithuanian tekė́ti (“to flow”), Albanian ndjek (“to follow”).

#### Verb

teith (present analytic teitheann, future analytic teithfidh, verbal noun teitheadh, past participle teite)
* to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]
* to run off (leave or depart quickly)
* to retreat (withdraw military forces)
    Synonym: cúlaigh
* to shun, avoid [with ó]
    Synonym: seachain

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | teithim | teitheann tú; teithir$^†$ | teitheann sé, sí | teithimid | teitheann sibh | teitheann siad; teithid$^†$ | a theitheann; a theitheas / a dteitheann* | teitear |
| indicative | past | theith mé; theitheas | theith tú; theithis | theith sé, sí | theitheamar; theith muid | theith sibh; theitheabhair | theith siad; theitheadar | a theith / ar theith* | teitheadh |
| indicative | past habitual | theithinn / dteithinn‡‡ | theiteá / dteiteá‡‡ | theitheadh sé, sí / dteitheadh sé, sí‡‡ | theithimis; theitheadh muid / dteithimis‡‡; dteitheadh muid‡‡ | theitheadh sibh / dteitheadh sibh‡‡ | theithidís; theitheadh siad / dteithidís‡‡; dteitheadh siad‡‡ | a theitheadh / a dteitheadh* | theití / dteití‡‡ |
| future | future | teithfidh mé; teithfead | teithfidh tú; teithfir$^†$ | teithfidh sé, sí | teithfimid; teithfidh muid | teithfidh sibh | teithfidh siad; teithfid$^†$ | a theithfidh; a theithfeas / a dteithfidh* | teithfear |
| conditional | conditional | theithfinn / dteithfinn‡‡ | theithfeá / dteithfeá‡‡ | theithfeadh sé, sí / dteithfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | theithfimis; theithfeadh muid / dteithfimis‡‡; dteithfeadh muid‡‡ | theithfeadh sibh / dteithfeadh sibh‡‡ | theithfidís; theithfeadh siad / dteithfidís‡‡; dteithfeadh siad‡‡ | a theithfeadh / a dteithfeadh* | theithfí / dteithfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go dteithe mé; go dteithead$^†$ | go dteithe tú; go dteithir$^†$ | go dteithe sé, sí | go dteithimid; go dteithe muid | go dteithe sibh | go dteithe siad; go dteithid$^†$ | — | go dteitear |
| subjunctive | past | dá dteithinn | dá dteiteá | dá dteitheadh sé, sí | dá dteithimis; dá dteitheadh muid | dá dteitheadh sibh | dá dteithidís; dá dteitheadh siad | — | dá dteití |
| imperative | imperative | teithim | teith | teitheadh sé, sí | teithimis | teithigí; teithidh$^†$ | teithidís | — | teitear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh | teitheadh |
| past participle | past participle | teite | teite | teite | teite | teite | teite | teite | teite |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Alternative forms

* teich

#### Further reading

* “teith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “teichid, teithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teiċim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 729
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

teith (genitive singular feminine teithe, plural teo, comparative teo)
* Obsolete spelling of te (“hot”).