teirmeaplaisteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From teirmea- (“thermo-”) + plaisteach (“plastic”).
Adjective edit
teirmeaplaisteach (genitive singular masculine teirmeaplaistigh, genitive singular feminine teirmeaplaistí, plural teirmeaplaisteacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teirmeaplaisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN