teicteonach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

teicteonach (genitive singular masculine teicteonaigh, genitive singular feminine teicteonaí, plural teicteonacha, not comparable)

(geology) tectonic

Declension

Declension of *teicteonach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teicteonach	theicteonach	teicteonacha; theicteonacha²
vocative	theicteonaigh	theicteonach	teicteonacha
genitive	theicteonaigh	teicteonaí	teicteonacha	teicteonach
dative	teicteonach; theicteonach¹	theicteonach; theicteonaigh (archaic)	teicteonacha; theicteonacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

neoiteicteonach

Mutation

Mutated forms of *teicteonach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
teicteonach	theicteonach	dteicteonach

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