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ailbheolach
ailbheolach
Irish
Adjective
ailbheolach (genitive singular masculine ailbheolaigh, genitive singular feminine ailbheolaí, plural ailbheolacha, comparative ailbheolaí)
Declension
Declension of ailbheolach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ailbheolach | ailbheolach¹ | ailbheolacha³ | |
| Vocative | ailbheolaigh¹ | ailbheolach¹ | ailbheolacha | |
| Genitive | ailbheolaigh¹ | ailbheolaí (obsolete) ailbheolaighe |
ailbheolacha | ailbheolach |
| Dative | ailbheolach² | ailbheolach¹ (archaic) ailbheolaigh¹ |
ailbheolacha³ | |
| Comparative | ailbheolaí (obsolete) ailbheolaighe |
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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 |
| ailbheolach | n-ailbheolach | hailbheolach | t-ailbheolach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ailbheolach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.