dailtíneach

Irish

Etymology

From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)

1. impudent, caddish

Declension

Declension of dailtíneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha²
Vocative	dhailtínigh		dailtíneacha
Genitive		dailtíní	dailtíneacha	dailtíneach
Dative	dailtíneach; dhailtíneach¹	dhailtíneach; dhailtínigh (archaic)	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha²
Comparative	níos dailtíní
Superlative	is dailtíní

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

• dailtíneacht f (“impudence, caddishness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	ndailtíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dailtíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN