ostairseachúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom os- (“supra-”) + tairseach (“threshold”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editostairseachúil (genitive singular masculine ostairseachúil, genitive singular feminine ostairseachúla, plural ostairseachúla, comparative ostairseachúla)
Declension
editDeclension of ostairseachúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | |||
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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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ostairseachúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm