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áibhéiseach
áibhéiseach
Irish
Adjective
áibhéiseach (genitive singular masculine áibhéisigh, genitive singular feminine áibhéisí, plural áibhéiseacha, comparative áibhéisí)
- Alternative form of aibhéiseach (“abysmal, abyssal”)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | áibhéiseach | áibhéiseach¹ | áibhéiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | áibhéisigh¹ | áibhéiseach¹ | áibhéiseacha | |
| Genitive | áibhéisigh¹ | áibhéisí (obsolete) áibhéisighe |
áibhéiseacha | áibhéiseach |
| Dative | áibhéiseach² | áibhéiseach¹ (archaic) áibhéisigh¹ |
áibhéiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | áibhéisí (obsolete) áibhéisighe |
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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.
Etymology 2
Adjective
áibhéiseach (genitive singular masculine áibhéisigh, genitive singular feminine áibhéisí, plural áibhéiseacha, comparative áibhéisí)
- Alternative form of áiféiseach (“exaggerated; ridiculous; droll”)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | áibhéiseach | áibhéiseach¹ | áibhéiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | áibhéisigh¹ | áibhéiseach¹ | áibhéiseacha | |
| Genitive | áibhéisigh¹ | áibhéisí (obsolete) áibhéisighe |
áibhéiseacha | áibhéiseach |
| Dative | áibhéiseach² | áibhéiseach¹ (archaic) áibhéisigh¹ |
áibhéiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | áibhéisí (obsolete) áibhéisighe |
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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 |
| áibhéiseach | n-áibhéiseach | háibhéiseach | t-áibhéiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "áibhéiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.