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idirmheánach
idirmheánach
Irish
Adjective
idirmheánach (genitive singular masculine idirmheánaigh, genitive singular feminine idirmheánaí, plural idirmheánacha, comparative idirmheánaí)
Declension
Declension of idirmheánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | idirmheánach | idirmheánach¹ | idirmheánacha³ | |
| Vocative | idirmheánaigh¹ | idirmheánach¹ | idirmheánacha | |
| Genitive | idirmheánaigh¹ | idirmheánaí (obsolete) idirmheánaighe |
idirmheánacha | idirmheánach |
| Dative | idirmheánach² | idirmheánach¹ (archaic) idirmheánaigh¹ |
idirmheánacha³ | |
| Comparative | idirmheánaí (obsolete) idirmheánaighe |
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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
- teanga idirmheánach f (“intermediate language”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| idirmheánach | n-idirmheánach | hidirmheánach | t-idirmheánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "idirmheánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.