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éirimeach
éirimeach
Irish
Adjective
éirimeach (genitive singular masculine éirimigh, genitive singular feminine éirimí, plural éirimeacha, comparative éirimí)
- Alternative form of éirimiúil (“lively, spirited; sprightly; talented, gifted; intelligent”)
Declension
Declension of éirimeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | éirimeach | éirimeach¹ | éirimeacha³ | |
| Vocative | éirimigh¹ | éirimeach¹ | éirimeacha | |
| Genitive | éirimigh¹ | éirimí (obsolete) éirimighe |
éirimeacha | éirimeach |
| Dative | éirimeach² | éirimeach¹ (archaic) éirimigh¹ |
éirimeacha³ | |
| Comparative | éirimí (obsolete) éirimighe |
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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 |
| éirimeach | n-éirimeach | héirimeach | t-éirimeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "éirimiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.