urchomhaireach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From urchomhair + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]urchomhaireach (genitive singular masculine urchomhairigh, genitive singular feminine urchomhairí, plural urchomhaireacha, not comparable)
- opposite (in front of)
Declension
[edit]Declension of urchomhaireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | urchomhaireach | urchomhaireach | urchomhaireacha | |
| Vocative | urchomhairigh | urchomhaireacha | ||
| Genitive | urchomhairí | urchomhaireacha | urchomhaireach | |
| Dative | urchomhaireach | urchomhaireach; urchomhairigh (archaic) |
urchomhaireacha | |
| Comparative | níos urchomhairí | |||
| Superlative | is urchomhairí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- uillinn urchomhaireach (“opposite angle”)
Related terms
[edit]- urchomhaireacht (“opposition”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| urchomhaireach | n-urchomhaireach | hurchomhaireach | 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) “urchomhaireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “opposite”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024