tocsaineach

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Irish

Etymology

From tocsain +‎ -ach.

Adjective

tocsaineach (genitive singular masculine tocsainigh, genitive singular feminine tocsainí, plural tocsaineacha, comparative tocsainí)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology, toxicology) toxic
    Synonym: nimhiúil

Declension

Declension of tocsaineach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tocsaineach thocsaineach tocsaineacha;
thocsaineacha²
Vocative thocsainigh tocsaineacha
Genitive tocsainí tocsaineacha tocsaineach
Dative tocsaineach;
thocsaineach¹ 		thocsaineach;
thocsainigh (archaic) 		tocsaineacha;
thocsaineacha²
Comparative níos tocsainí
Superlative is tocsainí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tocsaineach thocsaineach dtocsaineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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