basaifileach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From basa- (“baso-”) + -fileach (“-philic”).
Adjective
[edit]basaifileach (genitive singular masculine basaifiligh, genitive singular feminine basaifilí, plural basaifileacha, comparative basaifilí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of basaifileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | basaifileach | bhasaifileach | basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha² | |
| Vocative | bhasaifiligh | basaifileacha | ||
| Genitive | basaifilí | basaifileacha | basaifileach | |
| Dative | basaifileach; bhasaifileach¹ |
bhasaifileach; bhasaifiligh (archaic) |
basaifileacha; bhasaifileacha² | |
| Comparative | níos basaifilí | |||
| Superlative | is basaifilí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| basaifileach | bhasaifileach | mbasaifileach |
| 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) “basaifileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN