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ailtéarnach
ailtéarnach
Irish
Adjective
ailtéarnach (genitive singular masculine ailtéarnaigh, genitive singular feminine ailtéarnaí, plural ailtéarnacha)
- (electricity) alternate; alternating
Declension
Declension of ailtéarnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ailtéarnach | ailtéarnach¹ | ailtéarnacha³ | |
| Vocative | ailtéarnaigh¹ | ailtéarnach¹ | ailtéarnacha | |
| Genitive | ailtéarnaigh¹ | ailtéarnaí (obsolete) ailtéarnaighe |
ailtéarnacha | ailtéarnach |
| Dative | ailtéarnach² | ailtéarnach¹ (archaic) ailtéarnaigh¹ |
ailtéarnacha³ | |
| Comparative | ailtéarnaí (obsolete) ailtéarnaighe |
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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 |
| ailtéarnach | n-ailtéarnach | hailtéarnach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ailtéarnach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.