tíoróideach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin thyreoīdēs + -ach; the Latin is from Ancient Greek θυρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /tʲiːˈɾˠoːdʲəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːɾˠoːdʲəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːɾˠɔdʲa(x)/
Adjective
[edit]tíoróideach (genitive singular masculine tíoróidigh, genitive singular feminine tíoróidí, plural tíoróideacha, not comparable)
- thyroid
- ailse thíoróideach ― thyroid cancer
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | tíoróideach | thíoróideach | tíoróideacha; thíoróideacha2 | |
vocative | thíoróidigh | tíoróideacha | ||
genitive | tíoróidí | tíoróideacha | tíoróideach | |
dative | tíoróideach; thíoróideach1 |
thíoróideach; thíoróidigh (archaic) |
tíoróideacha; thíoróideacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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tíoróideach | thíoróideach | dtíoróideach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tíoróideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰwer-
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- Irish terms derived from New Latin
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish terms with collocations
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