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teith.

to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/tʲɛ(h)/
  1. to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]

  2. to run off (leave or depart quickly)

  3. to retreat (withdraw military forces)

  4. to shun, avoid

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish teichid (Manx çhea, Scottish Gaelic teich), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (“to run, flee”) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow, run”) (Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, “hurries”), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, “to run”), Lithuanian tekė́ti (“to flow”), Albanian ndjek (“to follow”).

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