áitheasach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish áithesach, áthasach (“victorious, successful”), from áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”). By surface analysis, áitheas (“success, victory”) + -ach (adjectival ending).
Adjective edit
áitheasach (genitive singular masculine áitheasaigh, genitive singular feminine áitheasaí, plural áitheasacha, comparative áitheasaí)
Declension edit
Declension of áitheasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | áitheasach | áitheasach | áitheasacha | |
Vocative | áitheasaigh | áitheasacha | ||
Genitive | áitheasaí | áitheasacha | áitheasach | |
Dative | áitheasach | áitheasach; áitheasaigh (archaic) |
áitheasacha | |
Comparative | níos áitheasaí | |||
Superlative | is áitheasaí |
Related terms edit
- áitheas m (“success, victory”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áitheasach | n-áitheasach | háitheasach | 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) “áitheasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áithesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language