measúnaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From measúnaigh (“to assess, assay”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

measúnaitheach (genitive singular masculine measúnaithigh, genitive singular feminine measúnaithí, plural measúnaitheacha, comparative measúnaithí)

1. (logic) estimative

Declension

Declension of measúnaitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	measúnaitheach	mheasúnaitheach	measúnaitheacha; mheasúnaitheacha²
Vocative	mheasúnaithigh		measúnaitheacha
Genitive		measúnaithí	measúnaitheacha	measúnaitheach
Dative	measúnaitheach; mheasúnaitheach¹	mheasúnaitheach; mheasúnaithigh (archaic)	measúnaitheacha; mheasúnaitheacha²
Comparative	níos measúnaithí
Superlative	is measúnaithí

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

• measúnaitheacht f (“estimative sense”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
measúnaitheach	mheasúnaitheach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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