ostairseachúil
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From os- (“supra-”) + tairseach (“threshold”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
ostairseachúil (genitive singular masculine ostairseachúil, genitive singular feminine ostairseachúla, plural ostairseachúla, comparative ostairseachúla)
Declension edit
Declension of ostairseachúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ostairseachúil | ostairseachúil | ostairseachúla | |
| Vocative | ostairseachúil | ostairseachúla | ||
| Genitive | ostairseachúla | ostairseachúla | ostairseachúil | |
| Dative | ostairseachúil | ostairseachúil | ostairseachúla | |
| Comparative | níos ostairseachúla | |||
| Superlative | is ostairseachúla | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ostairseachúil | n-ostairseachúil | hostairseachúil | not applicable |
| 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) “os-tairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ostairseachúil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.