From toit (“smoke”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
toiteach (genitive singular masculine toitigh, genitive singular feminine toití, plural toiteacha, comparative toití)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | toiteach | thoiteach | toiteacha; thoiteacha2 | |
| vocative | thoitigh | toiteacha | ||
| genitive | toití | toiteacha | toiteach | |
| dative | toiteach; thoiteach1 |
thoiteach; thoitigh (archaic) |
toiteacha; thoiteacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos toití | |||
| Superlative | is toití | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| toiteach | thoiteach | dtoiteach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.