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basaifileach
basaifileach
Irish
Adjective
basaifileach (genitive singular masculine basaifiligh, genitive singular feminine basaifilí, plural basaifileacha, comparative basaifilí)
Declension
Declension of basaifileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | basaifileach | basaifileach¹ | basaifileacha³ | |
| Vocative | basaifiligh¹ | basaifileach¹ | basaifileacha | |
| Genitive | basaifiligh¹ | basaifilí (obsolete) basaifilighe |
basaifileacha | basaifileach |
| Dative | basaifileach² | basaifileach¹ (archaic) basaifiligh¹ |
basaifileacha³ | |
| Comparative | basaifilí (obsolete) basaifilighe |
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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 | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| basaifileach | bhasaifileach | mbasaifileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "basaifileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.