tonúil

Irish

Etymology

From ton +‎ -úil.

Adjective

tonúil (genitive singular masculine tonúil, genitive singular feminine tonúla, plural tonúla, comparative tonúla)

  1. (linguistics, music, etc.) tonal
    Antonyms: atonúil, neamhthonúil

Declension

Declension of tonúil
Positive singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tonúil
radical lenition eclipsis
tonúil thonúil dtonúil

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “tonúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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