fleaite
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fleaite
Declension
[edit]Declension of fleaite
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fleaite | fhleaite | fleaite; fhleaite² | |
Vocative | fhleaite | fleaite | ||
Genitive | fleaite | fleaite | fleaite | |
Dative | fleaite; fhleaite¹ |
fhleaite | fleaite; fhleaite² | |
Comparative | níos fleaite | |||
Superlative | is fleaite |
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 |
fleaite | fhleaite | bhfleaite |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “fleaite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fliċte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fleaiġte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fleaite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68