aindleathach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ain- (negative prefix) + dleathach (“lawful, legal; valid, genuine; just, proper”). Compare Old Irish aindligthech (“unlawful, unjust”).
Adjective
[edit]aindleathach (genitive singular masculine aindleathaigh, genitive singular feminine aindleathaí, plural aindleathacha, comparative aindleathaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aindleathach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aindleathach | aindleathach | aindleathacha | |
| Vocative | aindleathaigh | aindleathacha | ||
| Genitive | aindleathaí | aindleathacha | aindleathach | |
| Dative | aindleathach | aindleathach; aindleathaigh (archaic) |
aindleathacha | |
| Comparative | níos aindleathaí | |||
| Superlative | is aindleathaí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- aindleathacht f (“illegality”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aindleathach | n-aindleathach | haindleathach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aindleathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN