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Definition 2024
ócáideach
ócáideach
Irish
Adjective
ócáideach
- occasional
- befitting an occasion, timely, opportune
Declension
Declension of ócáideach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ócáideach | ócáideach¹ | ócáideacha³ | |
| Vocative | ócáidigh¹ | ócáideach¹ | ócáideacha | |
| Genitive | ócáidigh¹ | ócáidí (obsolete) ócáidighe |
ócáideacha | ócáideach |
| Dative | ócáideach² | ócáideach¹ (archaic) ócáidigh¹ |
ócáideacha³ | |
| Comparative | ócáidí (obsolete) ócáidighe |
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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.
Synonyms
- tráthúil (“timely, opportune”)
Derived terms
- ócáideachas (“occasionalism”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ócáideach | n-ócáideach | hócáideach | t-ócáideach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||