tíoróideach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin thyreoīdēs + -ach; the Latin is from Ancient Greek θυρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).
Adjective edit
tíoróideach (genitive singular masculine tíoróidigh, genitive singular feminine tíoróidí, plural tíoróideacha, not comparable)
- thyroid
- ailse thíoróideach ― thyroid cancer
Declension edit
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 edit
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tíoróideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN