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oirmhinneach
oirmhinneach
Irish
Alternative forms
- airmhidneach
- oirmhidneach
Adjective
oirmhinneach (genitive singular masculine oirmhinnigh, genitive singular feminine oirmhinní, plural oirmhinneacha, comparative oirmhinní)
Declension
Declension of oirmhinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | oirmhinneach | oirmhinneach¹ | oirmhinneacha³ | |
| Vocative | oirmhinnigh¹ | oirmhinneach¹ | oirmhinneacha | |
| Genitive | oirmhinnigh¹ | oirmhinní (obsolete) oirmhinnighe |
oirmhinneacha | oirmhinneach |
| Dative | oirmhinneach² | oirmhinneach¹ (archaic) oirmhinnigh¹ |
oirmhinneacha³ | |
| Comparative | oirmhinní (obsolete) oirmhinnighe |
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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.
Noun
oirmhinneach m (genitive singular oirmhinnigh, nominative plural oirmhinnigh)
- (ecclesiastical, as form of address, title) reverence
Declension
Declension of oirmhinneach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oirmhinneach | n-oirmhinneach | hoirmhinneach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "oirmhinneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “airmitnech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.