blaisféimeach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From blaisféim (“blasphemy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]blaisféimeach (genitive singular masculine blaisféimigh, genitive singular feminine blaisféimí, plural blaisféimeacha, comparative blaisféimí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of blaisféimeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | blaisféimeach | bhlaisféimeach | blaisféimeacha; bhlaisféimeacha² | |
| Vocative | bhlaisféimigh | blaisféimeacha | ||
| Genitive | blaisféimí | blaisféimeacha | blaisféimeach | |
| Dative | blaisféimeach; bhlaisféimeach¹ |
bhlaisféimeach; bhlaisféimigh (archaic) |
blaisféimeacha; bhlaisféimeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos blaisféimí | |||
| Superlative | is blaisféimí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| blaisféimeach | bhlaisféimeach | mblaisféimeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaisféimeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN