teangúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From teanga (“tongue; language”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]teangúil (genitive singular masculine teangúil, genitive singular feminine teangúla, plural teangúla, comparative teangúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of teangúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | teangúil | theangúil | teangúla; theangúla² | |
Vocative | theangúil | teangúla | ||
Genitive | teangúla | teangúla | teangúil | |
Dative | teangúil; theangúil¹ |
theangúil | teangúla; theangúla² | |
Comparative | níos teangúla | |||
Superlative | is teangúla |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
teangúil | theangúil | dteangúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm