paróitideach

Irish

Etymology

From paróitid (“parotid (gland)”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

paróitideach (genitive singular masculine paróitidigh, genitive singular feminine paróitidí, plural paróitideacha, comparative paróitidí)

1. parotid

Declension

Declension of paróitideach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	paróitideach	pharóitideach	paróitideacha; pharóitideacha²
Vocative	pharóitidigh		paróitideacha
Genitive		paróitidí	paróitideacha	paróitideach
Dative	paróitideach; pharóitideach¹	pharóitideach; pharóitidigh (archaic)	paróitideacha; pharóitideacha²
Comparative	níos paróitidí
Superlative	is paróitidí

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

• faireog pharóitideach (“parotid gland”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
paróitideach	pharóitideach	bparóitideach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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