teiligineach

Irish

Etymology

From teili- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

teiligineach (genitive singular masculine teiliginigh, genitive singular feminine teiliginí, plural teiligineacha, comparative teiliginí)

1. telegenic

Declension

Declension of teiligineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teiligineach	theiligineach	teiligineacha; theiligineacha²
Vocative	theiliginigh		teiligineacha
Genitive		teiliginí	teiligineacha	teiligineach
Dative	teiligineach; theiligineach¹	theiligineach; theiliginigh (archaic)	teiligineacha; theiligineacha²
Comparative	níos teiliginí
Superlative	is teiliginí

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
teiligineach	theiligineach	dteiligineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “teiligineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024