Papuach
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editPapuach (genitive singular feminine Papuaiche, plural Papuacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Papuach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Papuach | Phapuach | Papuacha; Phapuacha² | |
Vocative | Phapuach | Papuacha | ||
Genitive | Papuaiche | Papuacha | Papuach | |
Dative | Papuach; Phapuach¹ |
Phapuach | Papuacha; Phapuacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
edit- Nua-Ghuine Phapua f (“Papua New Guinea”)
Noun
editPapuach m (genitive singular Papuaigh, nominative plural Papuaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Papuach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Papuach | Phapuach | Papuacha; Phapuacha² | |
Vocative | Phapuaigh | Papuacha | ||
Genitive | Papuaí | Papuacha | Papuach | |
Dative | Papuach; Phapuach¹ |
Phapuach; Phapuaigh (archaic) |
Papuacha; Phapuacha² | |
Comparative | níos Papuaí | |||
Superlative | is Papuaí |
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 |
Papuach | Phapuach | bPapuach |
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) “Papuach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN