faillitheach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editfaillitheach (genitive singular masculine faillithigh, genitive singular feminine faillithí, plural faillitheacha, comparative faillithí)
- negligent
- Synonyms: anaireach, neamartach, neamhchúramach, sleamchúiseach
Declension
editDeclension of faillitheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | faillitheach | fhaillitheach | faillitheacha; fhaillitheacha² | |
Vocative | fhaillithigh | faillitheacha | ||
Genitive | faillithí | faillitheacha | faillitheach | |
Dative | faillitheach; fhaillitheach¹ |
fhaillitheach; fhaillithigh (archaic) |
faillitheacha; fhaillitheacha² | |
Comparative | níos faillithí | |||
Superlative | is faillithí |
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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faillitheach | fhaillitheach | bhfaillitheach |
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) “faillitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “faillitheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024