teangúil

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue; language”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

teangúil (genitive singular masculine teangúil, genitive singular feminine teangúla, plural teangúla, comparative teangúla)

1. lingual

   Synonym: teangach

Declension

Declension of teangúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teangúil	theangúil	teangúla; theangúla2
vocative	theangúil		teangúla
genitive		teangúla	teangúla	teangúil
dative	teangúil; theangúil1	theangúil	teangúla; theangúla2
Comparative	níos teangúla
Superlative	is teangúla

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of teangúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teangúil	theangúil	dteangúil

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm