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atuirseach
atuirseach
Irish
Adjective
atuirseach (genitive singular masculine atuirsigh, genitive singular feminine atuirsí, plural atuirseacha, comparative atuirsí)
Declension
Declension of atuirseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | atuirseach | atuirseach¹ | atuirseacha³ | |
| Vocative | atuirsigh¹ | atuirseach¹ | atuirseacha | |
| Genitive | atuirsigh¹ | atuirsí (obsolete) atuirsighe |
atuirseacha | atuirseach |
| Dative | atuirseach² | atuirseach¹ (archaic) atuirsigh¹ |
atuirseacha³ | |
| Comparative | atuirsí (obsolete) atuirsighe |
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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.
Synonyms
- (dejected): ceanníseal
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| atuirseach | n-atuirseach | hatuirseach | t-atuirseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "atuirseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.