costaiseach
Irish edit
Adjective edit
costaiseach (genitive singular masculine costaisigh, genitive singular feminine costaisí, plural costaiseacha, comparative costaisí)
- Alternative form of costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
Declension edit
Declension of costaiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | costaiseach | chostaiseach | costaiseacha; chostaiseacha² | |
| Vocative | chostaisigh | costaiseacha | ||
| Genitive | costaisí | costaiseacha | costaiseach | |
| Dative | costaiseach; chostaiseach¹ |
chostaiseach; chostaisigh (archaic) |
costaiseacha; chostaiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos costaisí | |||
| Superlative | is costaisí | |||
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 |
| costaiseach | chostaiseach | gcostaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN