triantánach
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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]Declension of triantánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| triantánach | thriantánach | dtriantánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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, 2013–2024
- “triangular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024