tibhreach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish tibrech. By surface analysis, tibhre (“dimple”, obsolete) + -ach.
Adjective edit
tibhreach (genitive singular masculine tibhrigh, genitive singular feminine tibhrí, plural tibhreacha, comparative tibhrí)
Declension edit
Declension of tibhreach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tibhreach | thibhreach | tibhreacha; thibhreacha² | |
| Vocative | thibhrigh | tibhreacha | ||
| Genitive | tibhrí | tibhreacha | tibhreach | |
| Dative | tibhreach; thibhreach¹ |
thibhreach; thibhrigh (archaic) |
tibhreacha; thibhreacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tibhrí | |||
| Superlative | is tibhrí | |||
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 |
| tibhreach | thibhreach | dtibhreach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||