Sín-Tibéadach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sín- (“Sino-”) + Tibéadach (“Tibetan”).
Adjective
[edit]Sín-Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Sín-Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Sín-Tibéadaí, plural Sín-Tibéadacha, not comparable)
- (linguistics, etc.) Sino-Tibetan
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sín-Tibéadach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach | Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha² | |
Vocative | Shín-Tibéadaigh | Sín-Tibéadacha | ||
Genitive | Sín-Tibéadaí | Sín-Tibéadacha | Sín-Tibéadach | |
Dative | Sín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadach¹ |
Shín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadaigh (archaic) |
Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha² | |
Comparative | níos Sín-Tibéadaí | |||
Superlative | is Sín-Tibéadaí |
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]- Sín-Tibéidis f (“Sino-Tibetan”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach after an, tSín-Tibéadach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “Sino-Tibetan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024