, g. tighe, d. tigh, pl. tighthe and tighe, m. (in M. tigh, pron. tig genly. is the usual nom. form; teach in poetry in nom. and dat.; in Con. and Don. teach is nom. and dat.), a house, a mansion; teach te teolaidhe, a warm, comfortable house; isteach, in (after verbs of motion); istigh, inside (of rest); teach oibridhe, a labourer's cottage.

, m., an inn.

, -a, pl. id., m. and f., act of coming; arrival, approach; agreeing; increasing (in all the meanings of tigim, which see); a description, an account; teacht ar aghaidh, getting on; do cuireadh teacht air, he was sent for; teacht aniar, stay, stamina; teacht fé, oozing of water under a floor; teacht le chéile, concord, agreement; ag teacht anuas ar, finding fault with.

, g. and pl. id., m., a messenger, a courier, an ambassador, a delegate.

, -adh, v. tr., I possess, hold, enjoy.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a messenger; an ambassador, a courier; nuair is fuar é an

, is fuar é an freagra, when the messenger is inconsiderable or negligible, so is the reply.

, -a, f., an errand, a message.

, -ais, m., legality, legitimacy.

, income

, -aire, a., legal, legitimate.

, a shake-down, a straw bed; lodging (S. Ch. M.).

, -air, pl. id., m., compilation; fear teagair an leabhair-si, the compiler of this book (D. MacFirbis); ná bíodh a th. ort, don't go to the trouble of doing it (Don.); cf. eagar.

, -ais, -aisidhe, m., a tabernacle, a mansion, a habitation.

, -aisc, m., act of teaching, instructing, directing; instruction; doctrine; direction; an Teagasc Críostaidhe, the Christian Doctrine, the catechism.

, vl. teagasc, v. tr., I teach, I instruct.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a teacher, an instructor; a spiritual instructor, a preacher.

, -ais, m., a closet or small room; also a case or drawer for keeping things safe in (P. O'C.).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a household; a hearth, a fireplace; the fireplace in a forge; a fireside; a family.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a domestic.

, -ais, m., what belongs to the household.

, -ais, m., flatter)', soothing; acting the parasite.

, m., a collection; recapitulation. See teaghlamhadh.

, -mhtha, m., the act of collecting, assembling.

, -mhadh, v. tr., I collect, gather, assemble.

, -mhála, f., act of meeting (with, le), coming into contact with, clashing against; with i, falling into the hands of; act of befalling, happening (to, do), occurring (spelled also tagbháil, and pron. teangamháil).

, -lighe, a., contentious, striving; knocking up against.

See <<teagmhálaim>>.

, -sighe, a., accidental, at random; also teagmhasach.

, -aighe, a., con tend in;;, striving, knocking tip against.

, -mháil, v. intr., I meet with, happen, chance; strive with, contend against (le); féachaidh an dteagmhóchadh libh, 7c., see whether ye can do it (O'D.).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a meddler; one who meets another; droch-th., one whom it is a sign of ill-luck to meet when starting on a journey (as a woman with red hair); a bad associate; t. maith, one whom it is a sign of good-luck to meet.

, -ais, pl. id., m., an accident, a chance, a venture, a meeting, a contingency.

, -aighe, a., accidental, at random.

, -mháil, v. intr., I meet, I happen, I chance; I happen to be.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a hearth. See teaghlach.

, -áin, pl. id., m., anything cooked in the ashes of a fire; t. préataidhe, potatoes so cooked (Rosses, Don.).

, -adh, v. tr., I rob, plunder; also tallaim.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a robber.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., an improvised hut or tent (nautical).

, -mhrach, f., an elevated place, from which a good view is obtained; Tara, the name of a few places in Ireland, esp. the ancient seat of the Irish kings in Co. Meath, and Teamhair Luachra in North Kerry.

, -áin, m., trouble.

, -aighe, a., troubled.

, indec. a., troubled (?). It occurs in Eachtra 7 Imtheachta Bhodaigh an Chóta Lachtna.

, -uill, pl. id., m., a temple, a church; a churchyard, a burying-place; teampull gallda, a Protestant church. For the last couple of centuries teampull, without gallda, came, in many places, to mean a Protestant church, just as, with English speakers, church came to signify a Protestant place of worship, and was opposed to chapel, a Catholic place of worship; teampull enters largely into placenames, as an Teampull Mór, Templemore, etc.

and teanantuidhe

, g. id., pl. -ntuidhthe (M., teanóntuidhthe), m., a tenant, an occupier.

, teanantaidheacht, -a, f., tenancy, holding, possessing.

, -ais, m., the counter tenor in music (P. O'C.).

, -charach, -charcha, f., a smith's tongs, a pair of pincers.

, -ála, pl. id., f., a fire-brand; a fire, a torch.

, g. -n, d. -in, pl. -gtha, teangthacha, and teangthracha; also g. -dh, d. -aidh, pl. -gtha (the second form of declension is that of Kea., and is still used in Con. and U.; the -n declension is used in M. sp. l., aud more genly. in modern books), f., a tongue, a language; speech; teanga bheag, the uvula.

, -aighe, a., tongued, speaking many languages; loquacious.

, f., a sole, a species of fish (Achill).

, f., the herb hound's tongue.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an interpreter.

, f., little bird's tongue, an herb.

, f., hart's tongue, vulgo. creamh mucfhiadha.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a linguist, an orator, a loquacious person.

, -a, f., oratory, talkativeness.

, f., dead nettle.

, -einne, a., tight, firm, stiff, strong, bold, stout, powerful, severe, hardy, well-contested.

, g. teinne, pl. -ta, m., oppression, violence, strain, distress, effort; strength; teann na nGall, the violence or oppression of the foreigners (Fer.); le teann feirge, by dint of anger.

, -nta, m., act of tightening, embracing, pressing, staunching; ag teannadh leis, closing up to him, closing in upon him, approaching him; also embracing him; force, power.

, -nadh, v. tr., I press, urge, tighten, strain, strengthen; staunch, approach; do theann ris é idir a dhá láimh, he embraced him between both his arms; theann mé an dligheadh leis, I pressed on the legal proceedings against him (Don.); mur' dteanna tú 'nall do mo chomhair, if you won't come over near me (Don. song).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a press, tightener; an oppressor; a stout, stiff, impudent fellow.

, -a, f. stiffness, tightness.

, -mhla, a., stiff, tight; bold, daring, impudent.

, -a, f., stifthess; boldness, impudence.

, -ais, m., independence, austerity, firmness, strength (teanntas, id.).

, -aighe, a., strong-ribbed. See tinneasnach.

, -úithe, a., firm and close (of cloth).

, -cadh, v. tr., I press, or squeeze firmly.

, m., the roaring of the sea in a cave (perhaps better, tonn-gháire, P. O'C.).

, f., as great a work as can be performed (P. O'C.).

, f., ail abundance, sufficiency, surfeit.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, a support, a prop, a surety, bond, engagement; a fix, a difficulty; i dteannta, along or together with; i n-a theannta soin, in addition to that; im' theannta-sa, in my company, with me; i dteannta agat, puzzled by you, put into a fix, cornered; i dteannta a chéile is feárr iad, it is best to have them together, to have them all; cuir teannta leis, prop it up; cuir teannta leis sin, put a prop to that; iad go léir i dteannta a chéile, the sum total of them; tá an uaire in do theannta, the time is near you (Don. song); bhí an teach sin in mo theannta ag dul thart damh, that house was near me as I was passing there (Don.).

, -adh, v. tr., I straigthen, stiffen,prop up, grasp, seize, hold, put into difficulties, urge, force.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a press, a squeezer; a belly-band.

, -áis, m., audacity, forcefulness, push.

, -aighe, a., audacious, forceful, pushing.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I straighten, prop up, hold, grasp, seize; put into straits or difficulties, urge, force.

, a wooden shed (Leitrim, Sup.).

, gsf., teirce, a., scarce, few, rare; is tearc duine, 7c., there is scarcely a person, etc. is tearc dá threise ná fuair léan, there are few men, be they never so brave, who do not meet mishaps; tá iasc ana-thearc i mbliadhna, fish is very scarce this year (S. Cork).

, -aidh, m., want, scarcity.

, p. a., poorly taught, ill-educated.

, m., scarcity of drink.

, -ainn, pl. id. (Kea. makes this noun masc.; P. O'C. makes it f., nom. tearmainn, g. -mann), m., protection; guarantee; refuge; glebe-land; Lat. terminus.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a protector, a patron; tearmannach, m.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a patron, a protector. See tearmanntóir.

, -a, m., pitch, tar.

, -adh, v. tr., I tar, smear, bedaub.

, -a, m., heat, warmth; sultriness; shelter; artificial heat (as from a fire); cf. dá mbeadh an ghrian ag scolladh na gcrann ba mhaith leis an bhfuairthéidh an teas.

, -aigh, m., fever; great heat.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a heat-producing drink; anything tending to produce heat.

, indec. a., warm, hot; uisce bog, luke-warm water; u. re, hot water; u. t., moderately hot water; the milk just drawn from the cow is said to be teasaidhe.

, -a, f., warmth, heat, sultriness.

, -adh, v. tr., I save, rescue, deliver.

(teasbach)

, -aighe, f., heat, warmth, sultriness; exuberance of spirits, unrestrained flow of animal spirits, wantonness; tá teasbhach (teasbach) air, he has more animal spirits than he knows what to do with, his blood is too hot; a condition of the body resulting from high feeding and idleness, applied to animals and human beings; there is no corresponding English word (in M. the b is pronounced unaspirated, and is rather p than b); níl aon t. air, he is not very well off.

, g. id., m., a grass-hopper.

See <<tasc>>.

, -ctha, m., a lopping off, a slaying; cutting down; an incision; destruction.

, -cadh, v. tr., I lop off, cut down, destroy.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a cutter, a lopper-off.

, f., a scorching wind.

, m., fervent love, ardent affection.

, -aighe, a., zealous, ardently affectionate.

See <<teasbhach>>.

, m., ardent praise.

, -ála, f., deficiency, want.

, -mhna, f., want, loss, absence.

, -ais, m., a proof, testimony, certificate, attestation, character, fame.

, -ála, f., state of wanting, needing, being without; tá airgead a teastbháil uaim, I wantmoney (M.); also teastáil.

, -uighthe, m., act of proving, trying; a proof, a trial.

, -uighthe, m., condition of being lacking, wanting, need, want, deprivation.

, -táil, -tbháil and -ughadh, v. intr., I am wanting, am missed; am needful to; I die; má theastuigheann sé uait, if you need it; tá púnt ag teastáil (teastbháil) uaim, I am in need of a pound; theastuigh an fear sin fá dheireadh, in the end that man died (Om.); this is also heard in Ker., it means a person was wanted (by the fairies perhaps) and swept away.

, -tughadh, v. tr., I prove, tempt, try.

, -úin, pl. id., a fourpenny piece, fourpence (It. testone, Eng. tester); pron. tistiún (M.), toistiún (stress on first syllable) (U.); Sc. G., tasdan = a shilling.

, -bhidh, -bhthe, m., a drawing or taking away.

, -ana, f., the act of flowing, dropping (also tibearsain).

, -beadh, v., intr., to fail, to disappoint, frustrate, shun; always followed by ar; do theib air, it failed him; do theib orm, it failed me (pron. in M. and often written teipim; in Mon., tiobaim, -adh); seipim (Glengar., etc.); vl. also teib (teip).

, -chthe, m., flight, escape; act of escaping, fleeing, running away; ar a theicheadh, "on the run," as an outlaw.

, -cheadh, v. intr., I flee, shun, avoid (with ó); teichim is the technical word for avoiding rent fallen due, by quitting the farm privately and settling elsewhere; teich leat féin, be off, make your escape.

, -mhigh, pl. id. fugitive, a runaway.

, -dil, pl. id., m., a title.

, -ais, m., salamander.

See <<taom>>.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, f., a lime tree; a sail, a deck, deck of a ship; teile thosaigh, the foresheet; the poop of a ship; also tileadh.

, -gighe, a., sparing, stingy.

, -gin, m., act of throwing, flinging, casting; matter thrown up, such as earth in furrows, clay used in "moulding" crops; ag cur teilgin, the first moulding of potato-stalks; ag saothrughadh the final moulding (W. Ker.); in E. Ker. ag cur chré, first moulding of potatoes, etc., while ag saothrughadh only means cultivating or tilling in general.

, -gean, v. tr., I fling, throw, cast, cover, upset, condemn (Con.), but pron., tilgim, cligim, such being the U. form also; ag cligint fola, bleeding (Om.).

See <<teilgean>>.

, -lín, -líonta, m., a casting-net.

, p. a., flung, cast, thrown, upset, destroyed.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a founder, moulder, caster; a thrower; a farm-labourer.

, g. id., f., dusk, gloom, darkness, obscurity; teimheacht, id.

, -mhil, m., dullness, gloom, shade; a shadow; a stain or flaw; rust, scruff, tarnish; sign; teimheal báis, shadow of death; gan teimheal, faultless; ní fheicim aon teimheal de, I don't see any sign of him (of a person's coming) (E. M.), the word in this sense being pron.

(eidh like eye in Eng.), whilst it is tíol in W. M.

, -lighe, a., dark, obscure, shadowy; rusty, scruffy, tarnished.

, -a, f., a darkening, eclipsing, shading.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I darken, shade, obscure; I sully, tarnish.

, -ighthe, m., act of becoming overclouded, dull; sullying, tarnishing; darkness, obscurity.

See <<teimhe>>.

, g. id. and teineadh, d. teinidh, pl. teinte, f., fire; obair teineadh, firework; i dteinidh an lae, in the heat of the day; caor-theine, lightning sparks, sparks such as are struck from flint or stone; tá an capall ag dul 'sna caor-theintibh, the horse is striking sparks from the road, i.e. going very fast (ton.).

, f. a lime-kiln.

(pl. teinte cnámh), a bonfire.

, f., a fire produced by flint and a cross struck together; fire produced casually on the stones of a road by a horse's hoofs, etc. (in M. teine chrias and teine chreasa).

or teine-dhiadh

, f., wild-fire, a kind of scab.

, a light emitted from putrid fish or rotten wood, luminous track of ship or boat in summer through the sea; phosphorescent light.

, a kind of phosphoresceut light, like the Jack o' Lantern (Don.).

, a kind of phosphorescent light; a contemptuous word for a small fire (M.).

, a phosphorescent light on the teats and udder of a cow in wet weather (Don.).

See tinn.

, -aighe, a., perverse, obstinate, strong-willed, head-strong.

(from teann)

, g. id., f., stiffness, tightness, stoutness.

, teinneacht (from tinn). See <<teinneas>>.

, -nis, m., pain, ache, sickness, soreness, disease; teinneas fiacal, a toothache; teinneas cinn, a headache; teinneas cloinne, the pains of child-birth; tá an bhó i dteinneas, the cow is in the throes of parturition; teinneas ailt, the gout; teinneas croidhe, heart-ache; teinneas droma, back-ache; teinneas goile, indigestion, stomach ache; teinneas fairrge, sea-sickness; teinneas mór, the falling sickness; teinneas na gealaighe, lunacy; teinneas ríoghan, scrofula, king's evil; teinneas scamhóige, lung disease; teinneas súl, disease in the eyes.

, -tighe, a., fiery.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a hearth, a fireplace; airgead teinteáin, hearth-money; the kitchen floor.

, -a, f., fieriness, vast heat, torridness.

, -righe, -a, f., fire, lightning; a blaze, a flash; as a., fiery.

, indec. a., hot-tempered (Don.).

, -iughadh, v. intr., I flash forth, I cast lightning; I brighten, I glisten.

, -ighthe, m., the flashing or casting of lightning.

, v. intr., I fail, etc., with ar. See teibim.

, -e, a., tepid, tasteless, insipid.

, -a, f., tepidness; tastelessness, insipidity.

, g. id., f., scarcity, want; teirceacht, id.

, f., thin, scarce, scant flesh; the lean meat.

, v. tr. and intr., I fail, wear, spend, discontinue.

, teirce, a., famished, perished, as with cold or hunger (otherwise teilgthe).

, g. teiste and teasta, pl. teasta, f. testimony, character, recommendation, fame; tá teist mhór air, he has great fame (Ker.).

, -a, f., evidence, testimony, character (used in M.).

See <<te>>, hot, etc.

, 7c. See <<teichim>>.

, g. id., f., furze; the name of the letter t.

, teogha, teotha, compar. and pl. of te, hot, warm.

, -a, f., heat, warmth; dul i dt., getting hot (of weather) (Ker.).

, indec. a., plentiful; snug, comfortable; teach te teolaidhe, a warm, comfortable house (Aran); the word is also common in Kerry and Mayo.

, -a, f., abundance; snugness, comfort.

, -aire, a., warm, comfortable (Mayo).

, three, thrice; teora lá agus oidhche, three days and nights.

, g. -nn, pl. -nta and -nna, f., a boundary, a limit, a border; níl aon teora leis, he cannot be beaten.

, a., definite, limited, bounded.

, -a, f., boundary, bounding, boundaries.

, -áin, m., a warming pan, a chafing dish.

See <<teibim>>.