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aicrileach
aicrileach
Irish
Adjective
aicrileach (genitive singular masculine aicriligh, genitive singular feminine aicrilí, plural aicrileacha, not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) acrylic
 
Declension
Declension of aicrileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | aicrileach | aicrileach¹ | aicrileacha³ | |
| Vocative | aicriligh¹ | aicrileach¹ | aicrileacha | |
| Genitive | aicriligh¹ |  aicrilí (obsolete) aicrilighe  | 
aicrileacha | aicrileach | 
| Dative | aicrileach² |  aicrileach¹ (archaic) aicriligh¹  | 
aicrileacha³ | |
| Comparative |  aicrilí (obsolete) aicrilighe  | 
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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.
Derived terms
- aigéad aicrileach m (“acrylic acid”)
 
Related terms
- aicrilinítríl f (“acrylonitrile”)
 
Noun
aicrileach m (genitive singular aicriligh, nominative plural aicriligh)
- (organic chemistry) acrylic
 
Declension
Declension of aicrileach
First declension
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 Bare forms: 
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 Forms with the definite article: 
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis | 
| aicrileach | n-aicrileach | haicrileach | t-aicrileach | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | |||
References
- "aicrileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.