teagaimh

The fundamental meaning is something like ' chance brings (about).’ It is used subjectlessly, and only in 3rd sg., and is followed by accus. or by a subs. clause. (But its vn., teagmháil, is used like the vn. of an ordinary intrans. vb. ; cf. do theagmháil, to happen to be, 2545, do theagmháil chugam, to come my way, to fall to my lot, 1035.) As pret. tarla is employed (instead of do theagaimh). (1) foll. by do, happen to, befall, meet, encounter, 1622, 1785, 3420, 3969, 5282. teigémhaidh mainistir dhuit, you will meet (chance to come to) a monastery, 355. dá tteagmhadh dhuit iad, if you should meet them, 1868. tárla d’aodhaire mé, I met a shepherd, 572 ; sim. 3969, 6523. tárla tuisleadh dhó, he stumbled, 5163. (2) foll. by ar. go dteigeómhadh ar . . . mé, lest I should meet, fall in with, 2941 ; sim. 3967.  (3) foll. by ré. an tteigeómhadh éinneach ris, whether he should meet anyone, 218. (4) various uses. as mar so theagmhas sna neithibh spioradálta, ‘ desta manera es en las cosas espirituales,’ 5990. tárla a measg . . . é, he found himself among, chanced to fall among, 3696 ; sim. 3421. a ttárla . . . mé, in which I find myself, in which I have been put, 3956.  (5) foll. by vn. clause or by go, nách. gur ab ro annamh theagmhas gan a beith ceanguilthe dhíobh, ' que muy pocas vezes acaesce que no se junte y abrace con,’ etc., 2831. dá tteagmhadh go, should it happen that, 3273, 5520, 6826. theigéamhadh gu, it might happen that, perhaps, 3519. [Hence Sc. theagamh, Manx higgo, perhaps.] Note the absence of the preverb do here and in the synonymous féadfaidhe (see féad). So gu tteaigéomhadh, 1799, = gu madh éidir, 1797. [Cf. nā tegmad thū do nech inā nech duit, meet no one and let no one meet thee, RC. xii, 348. Contrast the personal use, illustrated in teagmhaid neithe bhíos i ndán, what is fated happens, DG, 29 ; tecmait na bera dhóibh, they encounter the stakes, ZCP, 1, 386, § 107 (Marco Polo) ; dá tegmat duit, if you meet them, RC, xix, 48 x (Fortibras); tarrlatar a cinn umā chēle, ib. 48 a ; tarladur . . . dā chéle, they met each other, ZCP, II, 38 (Maundeville).]