tonúil

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Irish

Etymology

From ton +‎ -úil.

Adjective

tonúil (genitive singular masculine tonúil, genitive singular feminine tonúla, plural tonúla, comparative tonúla)

  1. (linguistics, music, etc.) tonal
    Antonyms: atonúil, neamhthonúil

Declension

Declension of tonúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tonúil thonúil tonúla;
thonúla2
vocative thonúil tonúla
genitive tonúla tonúla tonúil
dative tonúil;
thonúil1
thonúil tonúla;
thonúla2
Comparative níos tonúla
Superlative is tonúla

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 tonúil
radical lenition eclipsis
tonúil thonúil dtonúil

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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