triantánach
Appearance
See also: triantanach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From triantán (“triangle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]triantánach (genitive singular masculine triantánaigh, genitive singular feminine triantánaí, plural triantánacha, comparative triantánaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | triantánach | thriantánach | triantánacha; thriantánacha2 | |
vocative | thriantánaigh | triantánacha | ||
genitive | triantánaí | triantánacha | triantánach | |
dative | triantánach; thriantánach1 |
thriantánach; thriantánaigh (archaic) |
triantánacha; thriantánacha2 | |
Comparative | níos triantánaí | |||
Superlative | is triantánaí |
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
[edit]- puball triantánach (“ridge tent”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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triantánach | thriantánach | dtriantánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triantánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “deltoid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- “triangular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025