Sín-Tibéadach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Sín- (“Sino-”) + Tibéadach (“Tibetan”).
Adjective edit
Sín-Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Sín-Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Sín-Tibéadaí, plural Sín-Tibéadacha, not comparable)
- (linguistics, etc.) Sino-Tibetan
Declension edit
Declension of Sín-Tibéadach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach | Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha² | |
| Vocative | Shín-Tibéadaigh | Sín-Tibéadacha | ||
| Genitive | Sín-Tibéadaí | Sín-Tibéadacha | Sín-Tibéadach | |
| Dative | Sín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadach¹ |
Shín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadaigh (archaic) |
Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Sín-Tibéadaí | |||
| Superlative | is Sín-Tibéadaí | |||
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
- Sín-Tibéidis f (“Sino-Tibetan”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach after an, tSín-Tibéadach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “Sino-Tibetan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024