bainisteoireach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bainisteoir (“manager”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]bainisteoireach (genitive singular masculine bainisteoirigh, genitive singular feminine bainisteoirí, plural bainisteoireacha, comparative bainisteoirí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bainisteoireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha² | |
| Vocative | bhainisteoirigh | bainisteoireacha | ||
| Genitive | bainisteoirí | bainisteoireacha | bainisteoireach | |
| Dative | bainisteoireach; bhainisteoireach¹ |
bhainisteoireach; bhainisteoirigh (archaic) |
bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bainisteoirí | |||
| Superlative | is bainisteoirí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- bainisteoireacht f (“(act of) managing, management; managership”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | mbainisteoireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainisteoireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN