tonúil

Irish

Etymology

From ton +‎ -úil.

Adjective

tonúil (genitive singular masculine tonúil, genitive singular feminine tonúla, plural tonúla, comparative tonúla)

1. (linguistics, music, etc.) tonal

   Antonyms: atonúil, neamhthonúil

Declension

Declension of tonúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	tonúil	thonúil	tonúla; thonúla2
vocative	thonúil		tonúla
genitive		tonúla	tonúla	tonúil
dative	tonúil; thonúil1	thonúil	tonúla; thonúla2
Comparative	níos tonúla
Superlative	is tonúla

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

• tonúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of tonúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tonúil	thonúil	dtonúil

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) “tonúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “tonúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024