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aigeantach
aigeantach
Irish
Adjective
aigeantach (genitive singular masculine aigeantaigh, genitive singular feminine aigeantaí, plural aigeantacha, comparative aigeantaí)
- Alternative form of aigeanta (“natural; spirited, cheerful”)
Declension
Declension of aigeantach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aigeantach | aigeantach¹ | aigeantacha³ | |
| Vocative | aigeantaigh¹ | aigeantach¹ | aigeantacha | |
| Genitive | aigeantaigh¹ | aigeantaí (obsolete) aigeantaighe |
aigeantacha | aigeantach |
| Dative | aigeantach² | aigeantach¹ (archaic) aigeantaigh¹ |
aigeantacha³ | |
| Comparative | aigeantaí (obsolete) aigeantaighe |
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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 |
| aigeantach | n-aigeantach | haigeantach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aigeantach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.