tógálach

See also: togalach

Irish

Etymology

From tógáil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

tógálach (genitive singular masculine tógálaigh, genitive singular feminine tógálaí, plural tógálacha, comparative tógálaí)

1. infectious, catching
2. sensitive, touchy (of person)

Declension

Declension of tógálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tógálach	thógálach	tógálacha; thógálacha2
vocative	thógálaigh		tógálacha
genitive		tógálaí	tógálacha	tógálach
dative	tógálach; thógálach1	thógálach; thógálaigh (archaic)	tógálacha; thógálacha2
Comparative	níos tógálaí
Superlative	is tógálaí

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

• galar tógálach (“infectious disease”)

Related terms

• tógálacht f (“infectiousness; sensitivity, touchiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tógálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tógálach	thógálach	dtógálach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tógálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tógálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tógálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025