tógálach
See also: togalach
Irish
Etymology
From tógáil + -ach.
Adjective
tógálach (genitive singular masculine tógálaigh, genitive singular feminine tógálaí, plural tógálacha, comparative tógálaí)
- infectious, catching
- (of person) sensitive, touchy
Declension
Declension of tógálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tógálach | thógálach | tógálacha; thógálacha² | |
| Vocative | thógálaigh | tógálacha | ||
| Genitive | tógálaí | tógálacha | tógálach | |
| Dative | tógálach; thógálach¹ | thógálach; thógálaigh (archaic) | tógálacha; thógálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tógálaí | |||
| Superlative | is tógálaí | |||
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
- galar tógálach (“infectious disease”)
Related terms
- tógálacht f (“infectiousness; sensitivity, touchiness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tógálach | thógálach | dtógálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tógálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tógálach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tógálach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.