págánach
See also: pàganach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pāgānus (“rural, rustic”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]págánach (genitive singular masculine págánaigh, genitive singular feminine págánaí, plural págánacha, not comparable)
- Synonym of págánta (“pagan, heathen”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of págánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | págánach | phágánach | págánacha; phágánacha² | |
Vocative | phágánaigh | págánacha | ||
Genitive | págánaí | págánacha | págánach | |
Dative | págánach; phágánach¹ |
phágánach; phágánaigh (archaic) |
págánacha; phágánacha² | |
Comparative | níos págánaí | |||
Superlative | is págánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]págánach m (genitive singular págánaigh, nominative plural págánaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of págánach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
[edit]- págántacht f (“paganism, heathenism”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
págánach | phágánach | bpágánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “págánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “págánach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “págánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “págánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024