teangúil
Irish
Etymology
From teanga (“tongue; language”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
teangúil (genitive singular masculine teangúil, genitive singular feminine teangúla, plural teangúla, comparative teangúla)
Declension
Declension of teangúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| teangúil | theangúil | dteangúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN