triantánach

See also: triantanach

Irish

Etymology

From triantán (“triangle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

triantánach (genitive singular masculine triantánaigh, genitive singular feminine triantánaí, plural triantánacha, comparative triantánaí)

  1. triangular, three-cornered; deltoid

Declension

Declension of triantánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative triantánach thriantánach triantánacha;
thriantánacha2
vocative thriantánaigh triantánacha
genitive triantánaí triantánacha triantánach
dative triantánach;
thriantánach1 		thriantánach;
thriantánaigh (archaic) 		triantánacha;
thriantánacha2
Comparative níos triantánaí
Superlative is triantánaí

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

  • puball triantánach (“ridge tent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of triantánach
radical lenition eclipsis
triantánach thriantánach dtriantánach

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) “triantánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “deltoid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “triangular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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