n [? ā, f.], tíachtu[n], tíachtain [g
s. -ana]. Mid. Ir.
vn. of do-icc (see also tíchtu) cf.
Irske Studier
§ 105
. The vocalism is perhaps influenced by tíag- in forms
of 1 téit, q.v.
I act of coming, reaching; taking place:
iar tiachtain
Patraic,
Corm. Y 883
.
fo-chen du t[h]iachtain ... a oighe,
637
.
cian rofeas do thíachtu sund,
BDD² 359
.
atrogell
Édaín ... t.¤ úaitsiu,
Ériu xii 184.4
.
fath a tiachta an-Erinn,
Lec. 287a37
=
fath a tiachtana,
BB 43a35
.
bés ní tarissi iar
tíachtain,
TBFr. 395
.
iar tiacht inmadha ... na hingine,
Stair Erc. 557
.
iar tiacht in lae,
1765
.
iar tiachtain doib
int shlebe (riachtain v.l.),
TBC-I¹ 616
.
cia bad dóig diar
tiachtain,
TBC-LL¹ 823
. dlegar a tiachtain `it ought to be forthcoming,'
Laws i 128.6 Comm.
cen tiachtain in marbtha
though death does not take place,
174.8 Comm.
?
don ingin
ac ata in tiacht maicne,
Laws ii 404.24 Comm.
(but cf.
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 71 n. 1
.).
II With prepositions.
(a) t.¤ as act of escaping from:
na coimgend tiachtain as,
Laws v 332.10 Comm.
(b) t.¤
de to be able:
gan tiachtain de a tocuala,
TTebe 3370
.
(c) t.¤ etar act of going between, ? interrupting:
tiachtain
itir dilgud ┐ indechad,
Laws i 14.2 Comm.
ríge ... ocu do
gress, cen tiachtain eatarra without interruption? (Plummer
MS. notes),
Lism. L. 2102.
(d) t.¤ fo act of submitting to;
to be liable to; act of impugning: tiachtain fo dliged foltmaisi to submit to
,
Laws v 122.11 Comm.
tiachtain fo lan
in ecodnaig ann,
ii 70.22 Comm.
is coimgech in fine forru
im tiachtain fo coruib to impugn
,
v 130.10 Comm.
(e) t.¤
fri
(i) act of opposing:
ar ba haigmeil leis a thiachtain fris
ima rigi,
Lec. 269vb27
.
fonaiscid forro cen tiachtain fris
... co brath,
RC xxiv 200.26
.
(ii) act of submitting to: tiachtain ... re dliged submitting to law,
Laws ii 16.28 Comm.
(f) t.¤ im: tiachtain ima reir to abide by his decision,
Laws
v 252.16 Comm.
(g) t.¤ o: tiachtain o leith dire co trian
naithgena `is reduced
,'
iii 176.6 Comm.
(h) t.¤ tar act
of withdrawing from; mentioning; transgressing:
dias
doroine cundrad ... is cuimgech cach fer dib 'masech tiachtain tairis,
H 5.15, 8a
(
O'D. 1589
).
nocha chumaing ...
tiachtain tairis,
H 3.18, 642a
(
O'Curry 1434
). is imarcraid
n-imnisen tiachtain dar na nechib to mention
,
LU 7915
. is
tíachtain tar breith senórach tíachtain tar do breith
transgressing
,
Ériu iv 134.21
,
22
.
otchonnairc Dia tiachtain
doib tara thimna,
Lec. 22vb43
.
III In phrase ic tiachtain leigind
engaged in learning
,
later simply tiachtain:
ic tiachtain leiginn ┐ proicepta,
Lism. L. 2613
.
saoi tiachtana leigind,
AFM ii 836.19
.
logh
a tiachtana no a oidechta,
Laws v 212.21 Comm.
calbh a
tiacht .i. cenn saoiechta,
ZCP v 485 § 2
(B. na f.).