aigeantach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
aigeantach (genitive singular masculine aigeantaigh, genitive singular feminine aigeantaí, plural aigeantacha, comparative aigeantaí)
- Alternative form of aigeanta (“natural; spirited, cheerful”)
Declension edit
Declension of aigeantach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aigeantach | aigeantach | aigeantacha | |
| Vocative | aigeantaigh | aigeantacha | ||
| Genitive | aigeantaí | aigeantacha | aigeantach | |
| Dative | aigeantach | aigeantach; aigeantaigh (archaic) |
aigeantacha | |
| Comparative | níos aigeantaí | |||
| Superlative | is aigeantaí | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aigeantach | n-aigeantach | haigeantach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aigeantach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN