teangachruthach

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

teangachruthach (genitive singular masculine teangachruthaigh, genitive singular feminine teangachruthaí, plural teangachruthacha, comparative teangachruthaí)

1. tongue-shaped, linguiform

Declension

Declension of teangachruthach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangachruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangachruthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm