teirmeaplaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From teirmea- (“thermo-”) +‎ plaisteach (“plastic”).

Adjective

teirmeaplaisteach (genitive singular masculine teirmeaplaistigh, genitive singular feminine teirmeaplaistí, plural teirmeaplaisteacha, not comparable)

1. thermoplastic

Declension

Declension of teirmeaplaisteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	teirmeaplaisteach	theirmeaplaisteach	teirmeaplaisteacha; theirmeaplaisteacha2
vocative	theirmeaplaistigh		teirmeaplaisteacha
genitive		teirmeaplaistí	teirmeaplaisteacha	teirmeaplaisteach
dative	teirmeaplaisteach; theirmeaplaisteach1	theirmeaplaisteach; theirmeaplaistigh (archaic)	teirmeaplaisteacha; theirmeaplaisteacha2
Comparative	níos teirmeaplaistí
Superlative	is teirmeaplaistí

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 teirmeaplaisteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teirmeaplaisteach	theirmeaplaisteach	dteirmeaplaisteach

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