apacailipteach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκαλύπτειν (apokalúptein, “to reveal, uncover”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + καλύπτειν (kalúptein, “to cover”).

Adjective

apacailipteach (genitive singular masculine apacailiptigh, genitive singular feminine apacailiptí, plural apacailipteacha, comparative apacailiptí)

1. (Christianity) apocalyptic

Declension

Declension of apacailipteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	apacailipteach	apacailipteach	apacailipteacha
Vocative	apacailiptigh		apacailipteacha
Genitive		apacailiptí	apacailipteacha	apacailipteach
Dative	apacailipteach	apacailipteach; apacailiptigh (archaic)	apacailipteacha
Comparative	níos apacailiptí
Superlative	is apacailiptí

Related terms

• apacailipsis m (“apocalypse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apacailipteach	n-apacailipteach	hapacailipteach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “apacailipteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN