abairteach

Irish

Etymology

From abairt (“sentence; expression; saying, adage, phrase”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

abairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)

1. Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)

Declension

Declension of abairteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	abairteach	abairteach	abairteacha
Vocative	abairtigh		abairteacha
Genitive		abairtí	abairteacha	abairteach
Dative	abairteach	abairteach; abairtigh (archaic)	abairteacha
Comparative	níos abairtí
Superlative	is abairtí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abairteach	n-abairteach	habairteach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abairteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN