peitriceimiceach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From peitri- (“petro-”) + ceimic (“chemistry”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]peitriceimiceach (genitive singular masculine peitriceimicigh, genitive singular feminine peitriceimicí, plural peitriceimiceacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of peitriceimiceach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | peitriceimiceach | pheitriceimiceach | peitriceimiceacha; pheitriceimiceacha² | |
| Vocative | pheitriceimicigh | peitriceimiceacha | ||
| Genitive | peitriceimicí | peitriceimiceacha | peitriceimiceach | |
| Dative | peitriceimiceach; pheitriceimiceach¹ |
pheitriceimiceach; pheitriceimicigh (archaic) |
peitriceimiceacha; pheitriceimiceacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| peitriceimiceach | pheitriceimiceach | bpeitriceimiceach |
| 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) “peitriceimiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN