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tech
tech
English
Noun
tech (plural techs)
- (informal) technology
- (informal) technician
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- A man dressed as a lab tech, his blue scrubs startlingly pale against the vivid red and black chaos, moved into sight from behind the SUV. He carried an assault rifle.
- 2014, Jeff Jacobson, Growth (page 23)
- (informal) technique
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Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos (“cover, roof”), from *steg- (“to cover”); cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲex/
Noun
tech n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige or taige)
Declension
| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | tech, teg | techN, tegN | tigeL, taigeL |
| Vocative | tech, teg | techN, tegN | tigeL, taigeL |
| Accusative | tech, teg | techN, tegN | tigeL, taigeL |
| Genitive | tigeH, taigeH | tigeN, taigeN | tigeN, taigeN |
| Dative | tigL, taigL | tigib | tigib |
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| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tech | thech | tech pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “tech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.