bainisteoireach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom bainisteoir (“manager”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editbainisteoireach (genitive singular masculine bainisteoirigh, genitive singular feminine bainisteoirí, plural bainisteoireacha, comparative bainisteoirí)
Declension
editDeclension of bainisteoireach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha² | |
Vocative | bhainisteoirigh | bainisteoireacha | ||
Genitive | bainisteoirí | bainisteoireacha | bainisteoireach | |
Dative | bainisteoireach; bhainisteoireach¹ |
bhainisteoireach; bhainisteoirigh (archaic) |
bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha² | |
Comparative | níos bainisteoirí | |||
Superlative | is bainisteoirí |
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- bainisteoireacht f (“(act of) managing, management; managership”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | mbainisteoireach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainisteoireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN