Irish

Alternative forms

• teilgint f

Noun

teilgean m ‎(genitive singular teilgin, as verbal noun teilgthe)

1. verbal noun of teilg
2. cast, throw, projection
3. (metallurgy) cast
4. (agriculture) earthing
5. slaking (of lime)
6. lastingness, durability; economization

Declension

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(as verbal noun):

Derived terms

• teilgean bia ‎(“vomiting of food”)
• teilgean cainte ‎(“idiom, expression”)
• teilgean cinn ‎(“intelligence, cleverness”)
• teilgean saighead ‎(“discharge of arrows”)

Mutation

References

• "teilgean" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.