teaghlach

From Old Irish teglach (“household, family, following”). Akin to both teach (“house”) and slua (“army; crowd”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲəil̪ˠəx/, /ˈtʲəilˠəx/
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲæːl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɨ̞ɣəlˠa(x)/, /ˈtʲɨ̞ɣəl̪ˠa(x)/[1]

teaghlach m (genitive singular teaghlaigh, nominative plural teaghlaigh)

1. immediate family
2. household

• The Irish version of the Irish Constitution uses the term teaghlach when the English version uses the term 'family', which some people argue is a proof that the Irish constitution does not exclude same-gender couples or adopted children from its definition of family founded on marriage (Article 41). The Irish version of the Constitution is used to explicate the English meaning when uncertain. The household, as opposed to the clan, does not need to imply a blood relation.

  1937, Bunreacht na hÉireann, An Teaghlach, Airteagal 41.3.1°

  Ós ar an bPósadh atá an Teaghlach bunaithe gabhann an Stát air féin coimirce faoi leith a dhéanamh ar ord an phósta agus é a chosaint ar ionsaí.

  The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage, on which the Family is founded, and to protect it against attack.

• An Naomhtheaghlach m (“the Holy Family”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teaghlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “teglach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish teglach (teg + slóg).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʰɤːɫ̪əx/

teaghlach m (genitive singular teaghlaich, plural teaghlaichean)

1. family, household

   Tha teaghlach math a’ fuireach anns an taigh sin. ― There is a good family living in that house. (literally, “A good family is residing in that house.”)

2. house (genealogy)
3. By extension: clan, tribe, race, progeny
4. (obsolete) house, dwelling

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “teaghlach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “teglach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language