airdeallach

Irish

Etymology

From airdeall (“alertness, watchfulness; (act of) watching out”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airdeallach (genitive singular masculine airdeallaigh, genitive singular feminine airdeallaí, plural airdeallacha, comparative airdeallaí)

1. alert, watchful

   Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach

Declension

Declension of airdeallach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	airdeallach	airdeallach	airdeallacha
Vocative	airdeallaigh		airdeallacha
Genitive		airdeallaí	airdeallacha	airdeallach
Dative	airdeallach	airdeallach; airdeallaigh (archaic)	airdeallacha
Comparative	níos airdeallaí
Superlative	is airdeallaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airdeallach	n-airdeallach	hairdeallach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airdeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN