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Definition 2024
paiteanta
paiteanta
Irish
Adjective
paiteanta
- patent (explicit and obvious)
Declension
Declension of paiteanta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | paiteanta | phaiteanta | paiteanta; phaiteanta² |
|
| Vocative | phaiteanta | paiteanta | ||
| Genitive | paiteanta | paiteanta | paiteanta | |
| Dative | paiteanta; phaiteanta¹ |
phaiteanta | paiteanta; phaiteanta² |
|
| Comparative | níos paiteanta | |||
| Superlative | is paiteanta | |||
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 |
| paiteanta | phaiteanta | bpaiteanta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “paiteanta” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "paiteanta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.