páirteach

Irish

Etymology

From páirt (“part”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

páirteach (genitive singular masculine páirtigh, genitive singular feminine páirtí, plural páirteacha, comparative páirtí)

1. participating, sharing

   Synonym: rannpháirteach

   Antonym: neamhpháirteach

2. communal

   Synonym: comhchoiteann

3. sympathetic

   Synonyms: báúil, cásmhar, comhbhách, comhbhraiteach, comhghoilliúnach, simpiteach, taobhaitheach

4. partial

   Synonym: páirt-

Declension

Declension of páirteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	páirteach	pháirteach	páirteacha; pháirteacha²
Vocative	pháirtigh		páirteacha
Genitive		páirtí	páirteacha	páirteach
Dative	páirteach; pháirteach¹	pháirteach; pháirtigh (archaic)	páirteacha; pháirteacha²
Comparative	níos páirtí
Superlative	is páirtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• claonpháirteach (“partisan”, adjective)

Noun

páirteach m (genitive singular páirtigh, nominative plural páirteacha)

1. (music) partial
2. Synonym of páirtí (“party; associates, followers; set, group, people; partner, associate; sympathizer, well-wisher”)
3. Synonym of páirtíocht (“partnership; fellowship, association”)

Declension

Declension of páirteach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative páirteach páirteacha Vocative a pháirtigh a pháirteacha Genitive páirtigh páirteach Dative páirteach páirteacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an páirteach na páirteacha Genitive an pháirtigh na bpáirteach Dative leis an bpáirteach don pháirteach leis na páirteacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
páirteach	pháirteach	bpáirteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “páirteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “páirteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “páirteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024