teangachruthach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From teanga (“tongue”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
Adjective edit
teangachruthach (genitive singular masculine teangachruthaigh, genitive singular feminine teangachruthaí, plural teangachruthacha, comparative teangachruthaí)
Declension edit
Declension of teangachruthach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | teangachruthach | theangachruthach | teangachruthacha; theangachruthacha² | |
Vocative | theangachruthaigh | teangachruthacha | ||
Genitive | teangachruthaí | teangachruthacha | teangachruthach | |
Dative | teangachruthach; theangachruthach¹ |
theangachruthach; theangachruthaigh (archaic) |
teangachruthacha; theangachruthacha² | |
Comparative | níos teangachruthaí | |||
Superlative | is teangachruthaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teangachruthach | theangachruthach | dteangachruthach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangachruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “teangachruthach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.