taismhéadrach

Irish

Etymology

From tais- (“hygro-”) +‎ -méadrach (“-metric”).

Noun

taismhéadrach (genitive singular masculine taismhéadraigh, genitive singular feminine taismhéadraí, plural taismhéadracha)

1. hygrometric

Declension

Declension of taismhéadrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	taismhéadrach	thaismhéadrach	taismhéadracha; thaismhéadracha2
vocative	thaismhéadraigh		taismhéadracha
genitive		taismhéadraí	taismhéadracha	taismhéadrach
dative	taismhéadrach; thaismhéadrach1	thaismhéadrach; thaismhéadraigh (archaic)	taismhéadracha; thaismhéadracha2
Comparative	níos taismhéadraí
Superlative	is taismhéadraí

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

• taismhéadar m (“hygrometer”)
• taismhéadracht f (“hygrometry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taismhéadrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taismhéadrach	thaismhéadrach	dtaismhéadrach

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