teirmeaplaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From teirmea- (“thermo-”) +‎ plaisteach (“plastic”).

Adjective

teirmeaplaisteach (genitive singular masculine teirmeaplaistigh, genitive singular feminine teirmeaplaistí, plural teirmeaplaisteacha, not comparable)

1. thermoplastic

Declension

Declension of teirmeaplaisteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teirmeaplaisteach	theirmeaplaisteach	teirmeaplaisteacha; theirmeaplaisteacha²
Vocative	theirmeaplaistigh		teirmeaplaisteacha
Genitive		teirmeaplaistí	teirmeaplaisteacha	teirmeaplaisteach
Dative	teirmeaplaisteach; theirmeaplaisteach¹	theirmeaplaisteach; theirmeaplaistigh (archaic)	teirmeaplaisteacha; theirmeaplaisteacha²
Comparative	níos teirmeaplaistí
Superlative	is teirmeaplaistí

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
teirmeaplaisteach	theirmeaplaisteach	dteirmeaplaisteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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