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abairteach
abairteach
Irish
Adjective
abairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)
- Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)
Declension
Declension of abairteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | abairteach | abairteach¹ | abairteacha³ | |
| Vocative | abairtigh¹ | abairteach¹ | abairteacha | |
| Genitive | abairtigh¹ | abairtí (obsolete) abairtighe |
abairteacha | abairteach |
| Dative | abairteach² | abairteach¹ (archaic) abairtigh¹ |
abairteacha³ | |
| Comparative | abairtí (obsolete) abairtighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| abairteach | n-abairteach | habairteach | t-abairteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "abairteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.