daolteanga

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dóeltenga (“chafer-tongue; backbiting”). By surface analysis, daol +‎ teanga.

Noun

daolteanga f (genitive singular daolteanga, nominative plural daolteangacha)

  1. sharp, vicious, tongue

Declension

Declension of daolteanga (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative daolteanga daolteangacha
vocative a dhaolteanga a dhaolteangacha
genitive daolteanga daolteangacha
dative daolteanga daolteangacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an daolteanga na daolteangacha
genitive na daolteanga na ndaolteangacha
dative leis an daolteanga
don daolteanga 		leis na daolteangacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of daolteanga
radical lenition eclipsis
daolteanga dhaolteanga ndaolteanga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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