abairteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From abairt (“sentence; expression; saying, adage, phrase”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
abairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)
- Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)
Declension edit
Declension of abairteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | abairteach | abairteach | abairteacha | |
| Vocative | abairtigh | abairteacha | ||
| Genitive | abairtí | abairteacha | abairteach | |
| Dative | abairteach | abairteach; abairtigh (archaic) |
abairteacha | |
| Comparative | níos abairtí | |||
| Superlative | is abairtí | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abairteach | n-abairteach | habairteach | not applicable |
| 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) “abairteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN