cuailleach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom cuaille (“pale”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editcuailleach (genitive singular masculine cuailligh, genitive singular feminine cuaillí, plural cuailleacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of cuailleach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cuailleach | chuailleach | cuailleacha; chuailleacha² | |
Vocative | chuailligh | cuailleacha | ||
Genitive | cuaillí | cuailleacha | cuailleach | |
Dative | cuailleach; chuailleach¹ |
chuailleach; chuailligh (archaic) |
cuailleacha; chuailleacha² | |
Comparative | níos cuaillí | |||
Superlative | is cuaillí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuailleach | chuailleach | gcuailleach |
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) “cuailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN