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aigéanach
aigéanach
Irish
Adjective
aigéanach (genitive singular masculine aigéanaigh, genitive singular feminine aigéanaí, plural aigéanacha, comparative aigéanaí)
Declension
Declension of aigéanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aigéanach | aigéanach¹ | aigéanacha³ | |
| Vocative | aigéanaigh¹ | aigéanach¹ | aigéanacha | |
| Genitive | aigéanaigh¹ | aigéanaí (obsolete) aigéanaighe |
aigéanacha | aigéanach |
| Dative | aigéanach² | aigéanach¹ (archaic) aigéanaigh¹ |
aigéanacha³ | |
| Comparative | aigéanaí (obsolete) aigéanaighe |
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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.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aigéanach | n-aigéanach | haigéanach | t-aigéanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aigéanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.