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Webster 1913 Edition
Misteach
Mis-teach′
,Webster 1828 Edition
Misteach
MISTE'ACH
,Definition 2024
misteach
misteach
English
Verb
misteach (third-person singular simple present misteaches, present participle misteaching, simple past and past participle mistaught)
- To teach incorrectly.
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology
From Latin mysticus, with influence from -ach (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”).
Noun
misteach m (genitive singular mistigh, nominative plural mistigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
misteach (genitive singular masculine mistigh, genitive singular feminine mistí, plural misteacha, comparative mistí)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | misteach | misteach¹ | misteacha³ | |
| Vocative | mistigh¹ | misteach¹ | misteacha | |
| Genitive | mistigh¹ | mistí (obsolete) mistighe |
misteacha | misteach |
| Dative | misteach² | misteach¹ (archaic) mistigh¹ |
misteacha³ | |
| Comparative | mistí (obsolete) mistighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (relating to mysticism): mistiúil
- (mystical): rúndiamhair, fáthrúnda
Derived terms
- misteachas m (“mysticism”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| misteach | mhisteach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "misteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.