triantánach

See also: triantanach

Irish

Etymology

From triantán (“triangle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

triantánach (genitive singular masculine triantánaigh, genitive singular feminine triantánaí, plural triantánacha, comparative triantánaí)

  1. triangular, three-cornered; deltoid

Declension
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
  • puball triantánach (“ridge tent”)

Mutation
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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “triantánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “deltoid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • “triangular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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