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aicéalach
aicéalach
Irish
Adjective
aicéalach (genitive singular masculine aicéalaigh, genitive singular feminine aicéalaí, plural aicéalacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of aicéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aicéalach | aicéalach¹ | aicéalacha³ | |
| Vocative | aicéalaigh¹ | aicéalach¹ | aicéalacha | |
| Genitive | aicéalaigh¹ | aicéalaí (obsolete) aicéalaighe |
aicéalacha | aicéalach |
| Dative | aicéalach² | aicéalach¹ (archaic) aicéalaigh¹ |
aicéalacha³ | |
| Comparative | aicéalaí (obsolete) aicéalaighe |
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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
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aicéalach | n-aicéalach | haicéalach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aicéalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.