Sistíneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian sistino + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Sistíneach (genitive singular masculine Sistínigh, genitive singular feminine Sistíní, plural Sistíneacha, not comparable)
- Sistine (of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sistíneach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Sistíneach | Shistíneach | Sistíneacha; Shistíneacha² | |
Vocative | Shistínigh | Sistíneacha | ||
Genitive | Sistíní | Sistíneacha | Sistíneach | |
Dative | Sistíneach; Shistíneach¹ |
Shistíneach; Shistínigh (archaic) |
Sistíneacha; Shistíneacha² | |
Comparative | níos Sistíní | |||
Superlative | is Sistíní |
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
[edit]- An Séipéal Sistíneach (“the Sistine Chapel”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Sistíneach | Shistíneach after an, tSistíneach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sistíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sistíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm