toiteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From toit (“smoke”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
toiteach (genitive singular masculine toitigh, genitive singular feminine toití, plural toiteacha, comparative toití)
Declension edit
Declension of toiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | toiteach | thoiteach | toiteacha; thoiteacha² | |
| Vocative | thoitigh | toiteacha | ||
| Genitive | toití | toiteacha | toiteach | |
| Dative | toiteach; thoiteach¹ |
thoiteach; thoitigh (archaic) |
toiteacha; thoiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos toití | |||
| Superlative | is toití | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- toiteachán (“smoke-hole, chimney”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| toiteach | thoiteach | dtoiteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN