techtaid

• techtid

From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“be suitable”); see also Gothic 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þeihan, “to prosper”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲextɨðʲ]

techtaid (conjunct ·techta, verbal noun techtad)

1. to have, to possess

   Synonym: at·tá

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b31

     Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.

     Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26^a6

     ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas

     so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Irish: teacht
  • Scottish Gaelic: teachd

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “techtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language