teangúil

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue; language”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

teangúil (genitive singular masculine teangúil, genitive singular feminine teangúla, plural teangúla, comparative teangúla)

1. lingual

   Synonym: teangach

Declension

Declension of teangúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teangúil	theangúil	teangúla; theangúla²
Vocative	theangúil		teangúla
Genitive		teangúla	teangúla	teangúil
Dative	teangúil; theangúil¹	theangúil	teangúla; theangúla²
Comparative	níos teangúla
Superlative	is teangúla

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teangúil	theangúil	dteangúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm