dailtíneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dailtíneach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dailtíneach | dhailtíneach | dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha² | |
Vocative | dhailtínigh | dailtíneacha | ||
Genitive | dailtíní | dailtíneacha | dailtíneach | |
Dative | dailtíneach; dhailtíneach¹ |
dhailtíneach; dhailtínigh (archaic) |
dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha² | |
Comparative | níos dailtíní | |||
Superlative | is dailtíní |
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]- dailtíneacht f (“impudence, caddishness”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dailtíneach | dhailtíneach | ndailtíneach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dailtíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN