alafatach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
alafatach (genitive singular masculine alafataigh, genitive singular feminine alafataí, plural alafatacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of alafatach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alafatach | alafatach | alafatacha | |
| Vocative | alafataigh | alafatacha | ||
| Genitive | alafataí | alafatacha | alafatach | |
| Dative | alafatach | alafatach; alafataigh (archaic) |
alafatacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alafatach | n-alafatach | halafatach | 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) “alafatach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN