teicniúil

Irish

Etymology

From teicni- (“techno-”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

teicniúil (genitive singular masculine teicniúil, genitive singular feminine teicniúla, plural teicniúla, comparative teicniúla)

1. technical

Declension

Declension of teicniúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	teicniúil	theicniúil	teicniúla; theicniúla²
Vocative	theicniúil		teicniúla
Genitive		teicniúla	teicniúla	teicniúil
Dative	teicniúil; theicniúil¹	theicniúil	teicniúla; theicniúla²
Comparative	níos teicniúla
Superlative	is teicniúla

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

Derived terms

• ardteicniúil (“hi-tech”, adjective)
• neoiteicniúil (“neotechnic”, adjective)
• pailéiteicniúil (“palaeotechnic”, adjective)
• teicniúlacht f (“technicality”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teicniúil	theicniúil	dteicniúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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