argóinteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From argóint (“argument”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]argóinteach (genitive singular masculine argóintigh, genitive singular feminine argóintí, plural argóinteacha, comparative argóintí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of argóinteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | argóinteach | argóinteach | argóinteacha | |
| Vocative | argóintigh | argóinteacha | ||
| Genitive | argóintí | argóinteacha | argóinteach | |
| Dative | argóinteach | argóinteach; argóintigh (archaic) |
argóinteacha | |
| Comparative | níos argóintí | |||
| Superlative | is argóintí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- argóinteacht f (“argumentation”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| argóinteach | n-argóinteach | hargóinteach | 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) “argóinteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “argumentative”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024