idirmheánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From idirmheán (“middle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]idirmheánach (genitive singular masculine idirmheánaigh, genitive singular feminine idirmheánaí, plural idirmheánacha, comparative idirmheánaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of idirmheánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | idirmheánach | idirmheánach | idirmheánacha | |
| Vocative | idirmheánaigh | idirmheánacha | ||
| Genitive | idirmheánaí | idirmheánacha | idirmheánach | |
| Dative | idirmheánach | idirmheánach; idirmheánaigh (archaic) |
idirmheánacha | |
| Comparative | níos idirmheánaí | |||
| Superlative | is idirmheánaí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- teanga idirmheánach f (“intermediate language”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| idirmheánach | n-idirmheánach | hidirmheánach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idirmheánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN