colaireicteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English colorectal + -ach (compare reicteach (“rectal”)).
Adjective edit
colaireicteach (genitive singular masculine colaireictigh, genitive singular feminine colaireictí, plural colaireicteacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of colaireicteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | colaireicteach | cholaireicteach | colaireicteacha; cholaireicteacha² | |
| Vocative | cholaireictigh | colaireicteacha | ||
| Genitive | colaireictí | colaireicteacha | colaireicteach | |
| Dative | colaireicteach; cholaireicteach¹ |
cholaireicteach; cholaireictigh (archaic) |
colaireicteacha; cholaireicteacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| colaireicteach | cholaireicteach | gcolaireicteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||