teicniúil

Irish

Etymology

From teicni- (“techno-”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

teicniúil (genitive singular masculine teicniúil, genitive singular feminine teicniúla, plural teicniúla, comparative teicniúla)

1. technical

Declension

Declension of teicniúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teicniúil	theicniúil	teicniúla; theicniúla2
vocative	theicniúil		teicniúla
genitive		teicniúla	teicniúla	teicniúil
dative	teicniúil; theicniúil1	theicniúil	teicniúla; theicniúla2
Comparative	níos teicniúla
Superlative	is teicniúla

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

• ardteicniúil (“hi-tech”, adjective)
• neoiteicniúil (“neotechnic”, adjective)
• pailéiteicniúil (“palaeotechnic”, adjective)
• teicniúlacht f (“technicality”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teicniúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teicniúil	theicniúil	dteicniúil

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