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aicéiteach
aicéiteach
Irish
Adjective
aicéiteach (genitive singular masculine aicéitigh, genitive singular feminine aicéití, plural aicéiteacha, not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) acetic
Declension
Declension of aicéiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aicéiteach | aicéiteach¹ | aicéiteacha³ | |
| Vocative | aicéitigh¹ | aicéiteach¹ | aicéiteacha | |
| Genitive | aicéitigh¹ | aicéití (obsolete) aicéitighe |
aicéiteacha | aicéiteach |
| Dative | aicéiteach² | aicéiteach¹ (archaic) aicéitigh¹ |
aicéiteacha³ | |
| Comparative | aicéití (obsolete) aicéitighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- aigéad aicéiteach m (“acetic acid”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aicéiteach | n-aicéiteach | haicéiteach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aicéiteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.