tonúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tonúil (genitive singular masculine tonúil, genitive singular feminine tonúla, plural tonúla, comparative tonúla)
- (linguistics, music, etc.) tonal
- Antonyms: atonúil, neamhthonúil
Declension[edit]
Declension of tonúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tonúil | thonúil | tonúla; thonúla² | |
Vocative | thonúil | tonúla | ||
Genitive | tonúla | tonúla | tonúil | |
Dative | tonúil; thonúil¹ |
thonúil | tonúla; thonúla² | |
Comparative | níos tonúla | |||
Superlative | is tonúla |
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[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tonúil | thonúil | dtonúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tonúil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.