teangach

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue; language”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

teangach (genitive singular masculine teangaigh, genitive singular feminine teangaí, plural teangacha, comparative teangaí)

1. tongued
2. lingual

   Synonym: teangúil

3. wordy, loquacious

Declension

Declension of teangach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teangach	theangach	teangacha; theangacha2
vocative	theangaigh		teangacha
genitive		teangaí	teangacha	teangach
dative	teangach; theangach1	theangach; theangaigh (archaic)	teangacha; theangacha2
Comparative	níos teangaí
Superlative	is teangaí

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

• géartheangach

Mutation

Mutated forms of teangach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teangach	theangach	dteangach

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) “teangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “teangach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm