teaspach

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish tesbach, from Old Irish tess (heat).

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Noun[edit]

teaspach m (genitive singular teaspaigh)

  1. heat, warmth, sultriness, hot weather
  2. exuberance, animal spirits, spirit, ardour, wantonness
    Synonyms: anamúlacht, spleodar
  3. fury (especially of warriors in battle)

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
teaspach theaspach dteaspach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

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