alafatach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]alafatach (genitive singular masculine alafataigh, genitive singular feminine alafataí, plural alafatacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of alafatach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | alafatach | alafatach | alafatacha | |
Vocative | alafataigh | alafatacha | ||
Genitive | alafataí | alafatacha | alafatach | |
Dative | alafatach | alafatach; alafataigh (archaic) |
alafatacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alafatach | n-alafatach | halafatach | 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) “alafatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN