triantánúil
Irish
Etymology
From triantán (“triangle”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
triantánúil (genitive singular masculine triantánúil, genitive singular feminine triantánúla, plural triantánúla, comparative triantánúla)
- trigonometric, trigonometrical
Declension
Declension of triantánúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | triantánúil | thriantánúil | triantánúla; thriantánúla² | |
| Vocative | thriantánúil | triantánúla | ||
| Genitive | triantánúla | triantánúla | triantánúil | |
| Dative | triantánúil; thriantánúil¹ | thriantánúil | triantánúla; thriantánúla² | |
| Comparative | níos triantánúla | |||
| Superlative | is triantánúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- triantánacht (“trigonometry”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| triantánúil | thriantánúil | dtriantánúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "triantánúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.