ilghnéitheach
Irish
Etymology
From il- (“multi-”) + gné (“kind; form; aspect”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
ilghnéitheach (genitive singular masculine ilghnéithigh, genitive singular feminine ilghnéithí, plural ilghnéitheacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of ilghnéitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ilghnéitheach | ilghnéitheach | ilghnéitheacha | |
| Vocative | ilghnéithigh | ilghnéitheacha | ||
| Genitive | ilghnéithí | ilghnéitheacha | ilghnéitheach | |
| Dative | ilghnéitheach | ilghnéitheach; ilghnéithigh (archaic) |
ilghnéitheacha | |
| Comparative | níos ilghnéithí | |||
| Superlative | is ilghnéithí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ilghnéitheach | n-ilghnéitheach | hilghnéitheach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ilghnéitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ilghnéitheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ilghnéitheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024