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teip.

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4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/tʲepʲ/
  1. breakdown

    feminine
  2. failure

    feminine
  3. verbal noun of teip

    feminine · form-of · noun-from-verb
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish teipe, verbal noun of Old Irish do·eipen.

verb/tʲepʲ/
  1. to cut off

  2. to break down

  3. to extract

  4. to abstract

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish do·eipen (“to excise, cut off”), from to- + ess- + benaid (“to strike”).

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