sláinteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sláinte (“health”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]sláinteach (genitive singular masculine sláintigh, genitive singular feminine sláintí, plural sláinteacha, comparative sláintí)
- hygienic
- Synonym: sláintiúil
Declension
[edit]Declension of sláinteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | sláinteach | shláinteach | sláinteacha; shláinteacha² | |
Vocative | shláintigh | sláinteacha | ||
Genitive | sláintí | sláinteacha | sláinteach | |
Dative | sláinteach; shláinteach¹ |
shláinteach; shláintigh (archaic) |
sláinteacha; shláinteacha² | |
Comparative | níos sláintí | |||
Superlative | is sláintí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sláinteach | shláinteach after an, tsláinteach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sláinteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sláinteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sláinteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024