dé-aistreach

Irish

Etymology

From dé- (“bi-, di-, two-”) +‎ aistreach (“transitive”).

Adjective

dé-aistreach (genitive singular masculine dé-aistrigh, genitive singular feminine dé-aistrí, plural dé-aistreacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) ambitransitive

Declension

Declension of dé-aistreach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dé-aistreach	dhé-aistreach	dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha²
Vocative	dhé-aistrigh		dé-aistreacha
Genitive		dé-aistrí	dé-aistreacha	dé-aistreach
Dative	dé-aistreach; dhé-aistreach¹	dhé-aistreach; dhé-aistrigh (archaic)	dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha²
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dé-aistreach	dhé-aistreach	ndé-aistreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “ambitransitive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024