Pailéiliteach

Irish

Etymology

From pailé- (“palaeo-”) +‎ -lit (“-lith”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Pailéiliteach (genitive singular masculine Pailéilitigh, genitive singular feminine Pailéilití, plural Pailéiliteacha, not comparable)

1. Palaeolithic

Declension

Declension of Pailéiliteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Pailéiliteach	Phailéiliteach	Pailéiliteacha; Phailéiliteacha²
Vocative	Phailéilitigh		Pailéiliteacha
Genitive		Pailéilití	Pailéiliteacha	Pailéiliteach
Dative	Pailéiliteach; Phailéiliteach¹	Phailéiliteach; Phailéilitigh (archaic)	Pailéiliteacha; Phailéiliteacha²
Comparative	níos Pailéilití
Superlative	is Pailéilití

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
Pailéiliteach	Phailéiliteach	bPailéiliteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pailéiliteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Pailéiliteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm