teicteonach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

teicteonach (genitive singular masculine teicteonaigh, genitive singular feminine teicteonaí, plural teicteonacha, not comparable)

1. (geology) tectonic

Declension

Declension of teicteonach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teicteonach	theicteonach	teicteonacha; theicteonacha²
Vocative	theicteonaigh		teicteonacha
Genitive		teicteonaí	teicteonacha	teicteonach
Dative	teicteonach; theicteonach¹	theicteonach; theicteonaigh (archaic)	teicteonacha; theicteonacha²
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

• neoiteicteonach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teicteonach	theicteonach	dteicteonach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teicteonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “teicteonach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024