Téigh (to go)

Complete conjugation of the irregular Irish verb téigh (to go) across all tenses: past (chuaigh), present (téann), future (rachaidh), conditional, and verbal noun (dul).

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The verb téigh means “to go” and is one of the most common irregular verbs in Irish. Its conjugation is highly irregular, using four different stems across its various tenses and moods: téigh-, chuaigh-, rach-, and deach-. Mastering this verb is essential for everyday communication.

Conjugation

The verb téigh uses different stems depending on the tense and context.

The stem téigh- is used for the present, imperfect, and imperative.
The stem chuaigh- is used for the independent past tense.
The stem rach- is used for the future and conditional.

Person	Present	Past (Independent)	Imperfect	Future	Conditional	Imperative	Present Subjunctive	Past Subjunctive
1st sg.	`téim`	`chuas`	`théinn`	`rachad`	`rachainn`	`téim`	`go dté mé`	`dá dtéinn`
2nd sg.	`téann tú`	`chuais`	`théiteá`	`rachaidh tú`	`rachfá`	`téigh`	`go dté tú`	`dá dtéiteá`
3rd sg.	`téann sé/sí`	`chuaigh sé/sí`	`théadh sé/sí`	`rachaidh sé/sí`	`rachadh sé/sí`	`téadh sé/sí`	`go dté sé/sí`	`dá dtéadh sé/sí`
1st pl.	`téimid`	`chuamar`	`théimis`	`rachaimid`	`rachaimis`	`téimis`	`go dtéimid`	`dá dtéimis`
2nd pl.	`téann sibh`	`chuabhair`	`théadh sibh`	`rachaidh sibh`	`rachadh sibh`	`téigí`	`go dté sibh`	`dá dtéadh sibh`
3rd pl.	`téann siad`	`chuadar`	`théidís`	`rachaidh siad`	`rachaidís`	`téidís`	`go dté siad`	`dá dtéidís`
Autonomous	`téitear`	`chuathas`	`théití`	`rachfar`	`rachfaí`	`téitear`	`go dtéitear`	`dá dtéití`

Relative Forms

The relative forms are used in relative clauses, typically after the particle a.

Tense	Form	Example
Present	`a théas`	an fear a théas ann - the man who goes there
Future	`a rachas`	an fear a rachas ann - the man who will go there

Dependent Past Tense Forms

In the past tense (preterite), téigh uses a special dependent stem, deach-, after particles like ní (not), an (question), go (that), and nach (that…not). Note that the independent past tense forms (e.g., chuaigh mé) do not use a preterite particle like d'.

Person	Negative (`ní`)	Interrogative (`an`)
1st sg.	`ní dheachaigh mé`	`an ndeachaigh mé?`
2nd sg.	`ní dheachaigh tú`	`an ndeachaigh tú?`
3rd sg.	`ní dheachaigh sé/sí`	`an ndeachaigh sé/sí?`
1st pl.	`ní dheachamar`	`an ndeachamar?`
2nd pl.	`ní dheachaigh sibh`	`an ndeachaigh sibh?`
3rd pl.	`ní dheachadar`	`an ndeachadar?`
Autonomous	`ní dheachthas`	`an ndeachthas?`

Ní dheachaigh mé abhaile. - I did not go home.
An ndeachaigh tú go dtí an siopa? - Did you go to the shop?

Verbal Forms

Verbal Noun: dul (going)
Verbal Adjective: dulta (gone)
Genitive of Verbal Noun: dula (used as a noun) or dulta (used as part of a verb phrase)

Usage and Dialectal Forms

Historical orthography

In the older, pre-reform spelling system, the forms chuaigh and deachaigh were written with a final -dh as chuaidh and deachaidh. The verb téigh (to go) was not written with -dh. This distinguished it from the regular verb téigh (to warm), which was written téidh in the old orthography.