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optach
optach
Irish
Adjective
optach (genitive singular masculine optaigh, genitive singular feminine optaí, plural optacha)
Declension
Declension of optach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | optach | optach¹ | optacha³ | |
| Vocative | optaigh¹ | optach¹ | optacha | |
| Genitive | optaigh¹ | optaí (obsolete) optaighe |
optacha | optach |
| Dative | optach² | optach¹ (archaic) optaigh¹ |
optacha³ | |
| Comparative | optaí (obsolete) optaighe |
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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.
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| optach | n-optach | hoptach | t-optach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "optach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.