teachtaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish techtaire (“messenger, courier, envoy”). By surface analysis, teacht +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲaxt̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

teachtaire m (genitive singular teachtaire, nominative plural teachtairí)

  1. messenger

Declension
Declension of teachtaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative teachtaire teachtairí
Vocative a theachtaire a theachtairí
Genitive teachtaire teachtairí
Dative teachtaire teachtairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an teachtaire na teachtairí
Genitive an teachtaire na dteachtairí
Dative leis an teachtaire

don teachtaire

 leis na teachtairí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teachtaire theachtaire dteachtaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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