teangúil

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue; language”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

teangúil (genitive singular masculine teangúil, genitive singular feminine teangúla, plural teangúla, comparative teangúla)

  1. lingual
    Synonym: teangach

Declension

Declension of teangúil
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of teangúil
radical lenition eclipsis
teangúil theangúil dteangúil

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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Further reading

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