paiteanta
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French patent, from Old French patent, from Latin patēns (“open, lying open”), present participle of pateō (“I lie open”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
paiteanta
- patent (explicit and obvious)
Declension edit
Declension of paiteanta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | paiteanta | phaiteanta | paiteanta; phaiteanta² | |
| Vocative | phaiteanta | paiteanta | ||
| Genitive | paiteanta | paiteanta | paiteanta | |
| Dative | paiteanta; phaiteanta¹ |
phaiteanta | paiteanta; phaiteanta² | |
| Comparative | níos paiteanta | |||
| Superlative | is paiteanta | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| paiteanta | phaiteanta | bpaiteanta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “paiteanta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “paiteanta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.