claontach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
claontach (genitive singular masculine claontaigh, genitive singular feminine claontaí, plural claontacha, comparative claontaí)
- Alternative form of claonta
Declension edit
Declension of claontach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | claontach | chlaontach | claontacha; chlaontacha² | |
| Vocative | chlaontaigh | claontacha | ||
| Genitive | claontaí | claontacha | claontach | |
| Dative | claontach; chlaontach¹ |
chlaontach; chlaontaigh (archaic) |
claontacha; chlaontacha² | |
| Comparative | níos claontaí | |||
| Superlative | is claontaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| claontach | chlaontach | gclaontach |
| 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) “claonta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN