Pailéasóch

Irish

Etymology

From pailéa- (“palaeo-”) +‎ -sóch (“-zoic”).

Adjective

Pailéasóch (genitive singular masculine Pailéasóch, genitive singular feminine Pailéasóiche, plural Pailéasócha)

1. (geology) Palaeozoic

Declension

Declension of Pailéasóch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pailéasóch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN