tíoróideach

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Irish

Etymology

From New Latin thyreoīdēs +‎ -ach; the Latin is from Ancient Greek θυρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tíoróideach (genitive singular masculine tíoróidigh, genitive singular feminine tíoróidí, plural tíoróideacha, not comparable)

  1. thyroid
    ailse thíoróideach ― thyroid cancer

Declension

Declension of tíoróideach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tíoróideach thíoróideach tíoróideacha;
thíoróideacha2
vocative thíoróidigh tíoróideacha
genitive tíoróidí tíoróideacha tíoróideach
dative tíoróideach;
thíoróideach1 		thíoróideach;
thíoróidigh (archaic) 		tíoróideacha;
thíoróideacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tíoróideach
radical lenition eclipsis
tíoróideach thíoróideach dtíoróideach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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