neamartach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
neamartach (genitive singular masculine neamartaigh, genitive singular feminine neamartaí, plural neamartacha, comparative neamartaí)
- (Ulster) neglectful, negligent, careless, lax (not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation)
- Synonyms: anaireach, faillitheach, sleamchúiseach, neamhchúramach
Declension[edit]
Declension of neamartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | neamartach | neamartach | neamartacha | |
| Vocative | neamartaigh | neamartacha | ||
| Genitive | neamartaí | neamartacha | neamartach | |
| Dative | neamartach | neamartach; neamartaigh (archaic) |
neamartacha | |
| Comparative | níos neamartaí | |||
| Superlative | is neamartaí | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14
Further reading[edit]
- “neamartach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neamartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN