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Definition 2024
ailseach
ailseach
Irish
Adjective
ailseach (genitive singular masculine ailsigh, genitive singular feminine ailsí, plural ailseacha, not comparable)
Derived terms
- réamhailseach (“precancerous”, adjective)
Etymology 2
Adjective
ailseach (genitive singular masculine ailsigh, genitive singular feminine ailsí, plural ailseacha, comparative ailsí)
- Alternative form of allasúil (“sweaty”)
Declension
Declension of ailseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ailseach | ailseach¹ | ailseacha³ | |
| Vocative | ailsigh¹ | ailseach¹ | ailseacha | |
| Genitive | ailsigh¹ | ailsí (obsolete) ailsighe |
ailseacha | ailseach |
| Dative | ailseach² | ailseach¹ (archaic) ailsigh¹ |
ailseacha³ | |
| Comparative | ailsí (obsolete) ailsighe |
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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 |
| ailseach | n-ailseach | hailseach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ailseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.