teich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish teichid (Irish teith, Manx çhea), 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲʰeç/, /tʃʰeç/

Verb

teich (past theich, future teichidh, verbal noun teiche, past participle teichte)

  1. flee, run away, escape, get out, abscond, fly
  2. elope
  3. desert (one's duty, e.g. the army)

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