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teangachruthach
teangachruthach
Irish
Adjective
teangachruthach (genitive singular masculine teangachruthaigh, genitive singular feminine teangachruthaí, plural teangachruthacha, comparative teangachruthaí)
- tongue-shaped, linguiform
Declension
Declension of teangachruthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | teangachruthach | teangachruthach¹ | teangachruthacha³ | |
| Vocative | teangachruthaigh¹ | teangachruthach¹ | teangachruthacha | |
| Genitive | teangachruthaigh¹ | teangachruthaí (obsolete) teangachruthaighe |
teangachruthacha | teangachruthach |
| Dative | teangachruthach² | teangachruthach¹ (archaic) teangachruthaigh¹ |
teangachruthacha³ | |
| Comparative | teangachruthaí (obsolete) teangachruthaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| teangachruthach | theangachruthach | dteangachruthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "teangachruthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.