speisialta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English *special, especial, especiall (from Old French especial, from Latin speciālis), + -ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠpʲɛʃiəl̪ˠt̪ˠə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠpʲeːˈʃɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/ (as if spelled spéiseálta)

Adjective

speisialta

1. special (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality)

Declension

Declension of speisialta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	speisialta	speisialta	speisialta
Vocative	speisialta		speisialta
Genitive		speisialta	speisialta	speisialta
Dative	speisialta	speisialta	speisialta
Comparative	níos speisialta
Superlative	is speisialta

Derived terms

• seirbhís speisialta f (“special service”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
speisialta	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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