prótaigineach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]prótaigineach (genitive singular masculine prótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine prótaiginí, plural prótaigineacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of prótaigineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | prótaigineach | phrótaigineach | prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha² | |
| Vocative | phrótaiginigh | prótaigineacha | ||
| Genitive | prótaiginí | prótaigineacha | prótaigineach | |
| Dative | prótaigineach; phrótaigineach¹ |
phrótaigineach; phrótaiginigh (archaic) |
prótaigineacha; phrótaigineacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| prótaigineach | phrótaigineach | bprótaigineach |
| 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) “prótaigineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN