teangachruthach

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue”) +‎ -chruthach (“-shaped”).

Adjective

teangachruthach (genitive singular masculine teangachruthaigh, genitive singular feminine teangachruthaí, plural teangachruthacha, comparative teangachruthaí)

  1. tongue-shaped, linguiform

Declension

Declension of teangachruthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative teangachruthach theangachruthach teangachruthacha;
theangachruthacha2
vocative theangachruthaigh teangachruthacha
genitive teangachruthaí teangachruthacha teangachruthach
dative teangachruthach;
theangachruthach1 		theangachruthach;
theangachruthaigh (archaic) 		teangachruthacha;
theangachruthacha2
Comparative níos teangachruthaí
Superlative is teangachruthaí

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 teangachruthach
radical lenition eclipsis
teangachruthach theangachruthach dteangachruthach

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

References

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