clastach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editclastach (genitive singular masculine clastaigh, genitive singular feminine clastaí, plural clastacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of clastach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | clastach | chlastach | clastacha; chlastacha² | |
| Vocative | chlastaigh | clastacha | ||
| Genitive | clastaí | clastacha | clastach | |
| Dative | clastach; chlastach¹ |
chlastach; chlastaigh (archaic) |
clastacha; chlastacha² | |
| Comparative | níos clastaí | |||
| Superlative | is clastaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- bithchlastach (“bioclastic”, adjective)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clastach | chlastach | gclastach |
| 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) “clastach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN