pailéiteicniúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom pailé- (“palaeo-”) + teicniúil (“technical”).
Adjective
editpailéiteicniúil (genitive singular masculine pailéiteicniúil, genitive singular feminine pailéiteicniúla, plural pailéiteicniúla)
Declension
editDeclension of pailéiteicniúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | pailéiteicniúil | phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla; phailéiteicniúla² | |
Vocative | phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla | ||
Genitive | pailéiteicniúla | pailéiteicniúla | pailéiteicniúil | |
Dative | pailéiteicniúil; phailéiteicniúil¹ |
phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla; phailéiteicniúla² | |
Comparative | níos pailéiteicniúla | |||
Superlative | is pailéiteicniúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pailéiteicniúil | phailéiteicniúil | bpailéiteicniúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pailéiteicniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN