claontach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]claontach (genitive singular masculine claontaigh, genitive singular feminine claontaí, plural claontacha, comparative claontaí)
- Alternative form of claonta
Declension
[edit]Declension of claontach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | claontach | chlaontach | claontacha; chlaontacha² | |
Vocative | chlaontaigh | claontacha | ||
Genitive | claontaí | claontacha | claontach | |
Dative | claontach; chlaontach¹ |
chlaontach; chlaontaigh (archaic) |
claontacha; chlaontacha² | |
Comparative | níos claontaí | |||
Superlative | is claontaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
claontach | chlaontach | gclaontach |
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) “claonta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN