tairseachúil

Irish

Etymology

From tairseach +‎ -úil.

Adjective

tairseachúil (genitive singular masculine tairseachúil, genitive singular feminine tairseachúla, plural tairseachúla, comparative tairseachúla)

1. (psychology) liminal

Declension

Declension of tairseachúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tairseachúil	thairseachúil	tairseachúla; thairseachúla2
vocative	thairseachúil		tairseachúla
genitive		tairseachúla	tairseachúla	tairseachúil
dative	tairseachúil; thairseachúil1	thairseachúil	tairseachúla; thairseachúla2
Comparative	níos tairseachúla
Superlative	is tairseachúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• fo-thairseachúil
• ostairseachúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairseachúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tairseachúil	thairseachúil	dtairseachúil

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) “tairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN