apacailipteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκαλύπτειν (apokalúptein, “to reveal, uncover”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + καλύπτειν (kalúptein, “to cover”).
Adjective
[edit]apacailipteach (genitive singular masculine apacailiptigh, genitive singular feminine apacailiptí, plural apacailipteacha, comparative apacailiptí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of apacailipteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | apacailipteach | apacailipteach | apacailipteacha | |
| Vocative | apacailiptigh | apacailipteacha | ||
| Genitive | apacailiptí | apacailipteacha | apacailipteach | |
| Dative | apacailipteach | apacailipteach; apacailiptigh (archaic) |
apacailipteacha | |
| Comparative | níos apacailiptí | |||
| Superlative | is apacailiptí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- apacailipsis m (“apocalypse”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| apacailipteach | n-apacailipteach | hapacailipteach | 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) “apacailipteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN