tocsaineach

Irish

Etymology

From tocsain +‎ -ach.

Adjective

tocsaineach (genitive singular masculine tocsainigh, genitive singular feminine tocsainí, plural tocsaineacha, comparative tocsainí)

1. (medicine, pharmacology, toxicology) toxic

   Synonym: nimhiúil

Declension

Declension of tocsaineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tocsaineach	thocsaineach	tocsaineacha; thocsaineacha²
Vocative	thocsainigh		tocsaineacha
Genitive		tocsainí	tocsaineacha	tocsaineach
Dative	tocsaineach; thocsaineach¹	thocsaineach; thocsainigh (archaic)	tocsaineacha; thocsaineacha²
Comparative	níos tocsainí
Superlative	is tocsainí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• tocsaineacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tocsaineach	thocsaineach	dtocsaineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tocsaineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tocsaineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tocsaineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024