páirteach
Irish
Etymology
From páirt (“part”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
páirteach (genitive singular masculine páirtigh, genitive singular feminine páirtí, plural páirteacha, comparative páirtí)
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- participating, sharing
- Synonym: rannpháirteach
- Antonym: neamhpháirteach
- communal
- Synonym: comhchoiteann
- participating, sharing
- sympathetic
- Synonyms: báúil, cásmhar, comhbhách, comhbhraiteach, comhghoilliúnach, simpiteach, taobhaitheach
- partial
- Synonym: páirt-
Declension
Declension of páirteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | páirteach | pháirteach | páirteacha; pháirteacha² | |
| Vocative | pháirtigh | páirteacha | ||
| Genitive | páirtí | páirteacha | páirteach | |
| Dative | páirteach; pháirteach¹ |
pháirteach; pháirtigh (archaic) |
páirteacha; pháirteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos páirtí | |||
| Superlative | is páirtí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- claonpháirteach (“partisan”, adjective)
Noun
páirteach m (genitive singular páirtigh, nominative plural páirteacha)
- (music) partial
- Synonym of páirtí (“party; associates, followers; set, group, people; partner, associate; sympathizer, well-wisher”)
- Synonym of páirtíocht (“partnership; fellowship, association”)
Declension
Declension of páirteach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| páirteach | pháirteach | bpáirteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “páirteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “páirteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “páirteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024