teiritigineach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From teiriti- (“terato-”) + -gineach (“-genic”).
Adjective
[edit]teiritigineach (genitive singular masculine teiritiginigh, genitive singular feminine teiritiginí, plural teiritigineacha, comparative teiritiginí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | teiritigineach | theiritigineach | teiritigineacha; theiritigineacha2 | |
| vocative | theiritiginigh | teiritigineacha | ||
| genitive | teiritiginí | teiritigineacha | teiritigineach | |
| dative | teiritigineach; theiritigineach1 |
theiritigineach; theiritiginigh (archaic) |
teiritigineacha; theiritigineacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos teiritiginí | |||
| Superlative | is teiritiginí | |||
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
[edit]- teiritigineacht f (“teratogenicity”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| teiritigineach | theiritigineach | dteiritigineach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.