máinliach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
máinliach (genitive singular masculine máinliach, genitive singular feminine máinliaiche, plural máinliacha, not comparable)
- surgical (relating to surgery)
- Synonym: máinliachta
Declension edit
Declension of máinliach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | máinliach | mháinliach | máinliacha; mháinliacha² | |
| Vocative | mháinliach | máinliacha | ||
| Genitive | máinliaiche | máinliacha | máinliach | |
| Dative | máinliach; mháinliach¹ |
mháinliach | máinliacha; mháinliacha² | |
| 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 |
| máinliach | mháinliach | not applicable |
| 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) “máinliach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “máinliach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “máinliach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.