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Definition 2024
contráilte
contráilte
Irish
Adjective
contráilte
- wrong (incorrect; improper)
- an focal contráilte ― the wrong word
Declension
Declension of contráilte
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | contráilte | chontráilte | contráilte; chontráilte² |
|
| Vocative | chontráilte | contráilte | ||
| Genitive | contráilte | contráilte | contráilte | |
| Dative | contráilte; chontráilte¹ |
chontráilte | contráilte; chontráilte² |
|
| Comparative | níos contráilte | |||
| Superlative | is contráilte | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| contráilte | chontráilte | gcontráilte |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “contráilte” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "contráilte" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.