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alafatach
alafatach
Irish
Adjective
alafatach (genitive singular masculine alafataigh, genitive singular feminine alafataí, plural alafatacha, not comparable)
- (organic chemistry) aliphatic
Declension
Declension of alafatach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alafatach | alafatach¹ | alafatacha³ | |
| Vocative | alafataigh¹ | alafatach¹ | alafatacha | |
| Genitive | alafataigh¹ | alafataí (obsolete) alafataighe |
alafatacha | alafatach |
| Dative | alafatach² | alafatach¹ (archaic) alafataigh¹ |
alafatacha³ | |
| Comparative | alafataí (obsolete) alafataighe |
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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 |
| alafatach | n-alafatach | halafatach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "alafatach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.