tíoróideach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin thyreoīdēs +‎ -ach; the Latin is from Ancient Greek θυρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲiːˈɾˠoːdʲəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiːɾˠoːdʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiːɾˠɔdʲa(x)/

Adjective

tíoróideach (genitive singular masculine tíoróidigh, genitive singular feminine tíoróidí, plural tíoróideacha, not comparable)

1. thyroid

   ailse thíoróideach ― thyroid cancer

Declension

Declension of tíoróideach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tíoróideach	thíoróideach	tíoróideacha; thíoróideacha²
Vocative	thíoróidigh		tíoróideacha
Genitive		tíoróidí	tíoróideacha	tíoróideach
Dative	tíoróideach; thíoróideach¹	thíoróideach; thíoróidigh (archaic)	tíoróideacha; thíoróideacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• faireog thíoróideach
• hipirtíoróideacht
• hipitíoróideacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tíoróideach	thíoróideach	dtíoróideach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tíoróideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN