Pailéasóch
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom pailéa- (“palaeo-”) + -sóch (“-zoic”).
Adjective
editPailéasóch (genitive singular masculine Pailéasóch, genitive singular feminine Pailéasóiche, plural Pailéasócha)
Declension
editDeclension of Pailéasóch
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Pailéasóch | Phailéasóch | Pailéasócha; Phailéasócha² | |
Vocative | Phailéasóch | Pailéasócha | ||
Genitive | Pailéasóiche | Pailéasócha | Pailéasóch | |
Dative | Pailéasóch; Phailéasóch¹ |
Phailéasóch | Pailéasócha; Phailéasócha² | |
Comparative | níos Pailéasóiche | |||
Superlative | is Pailéasóiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Pailéasóch | Phailéasóch | bPailéasóch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pailéasóch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN