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alcaileach
alcaileach
Irish
Adjective
alcaileach (genitive singular masculine alcailigh, genitive singular feminine alcailí, plural alcaileacha, comparative alcailí)
Declension
Declension of alcaileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alcaileach | alcaileach¹ | alcaileacha³ | |
| Vocative | alcailigh¹ | alcaileach¹ | alcaileacha | |
| Genitive | alcailigh¹ | alcailí (obsolete) alcailighe |
alcaileacha | alcaileach |
| Dative | alcaileach² | alcaileach¹ (archaic) alcailigh¹ |
alcaileacha³ | |
| Comparative | alcailí (obsolete) alcailighe |
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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
- cré-alcaileach (“alkaline-earth”, adjective)
- fo-alcaileach (“subalkalic”, adjective)
Related terms
- alcaileacht f (“alkalinity”)
- alcailiméadracht f (“alkalimetry”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alcaileach | n-alcaileach | halcaileach | t-alcaileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "alcaileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.