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pataigineach
pataigineach
Irish
Adjective
pataigineach (genitive singular masculine pataiginigh, genitive singular feminine pataiginí, plural pataigineacha, comparative pataiginí)
Declension
Declension of pataigineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | pataigineach | pataigineach¹ | pataigineacha³ | |
| Vocative | pataiginigh¹ | pataigineach¹ | pataigineacha | |
| Genitive | pataiginigh¹ | pataiginí (obsolete) pataiginighe |
pataigineacha | pataigineach |
| Dative | pataigineach² | pataigineach¹ (archaic) pataiginigh¹ |
pataigineacha³ | |
| Comparative | pataiginí (obsolete) pataiginighe |
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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
- pataigin f (“pathogen”)
- pataigineacht f (“pathogenicity”)
- pataigineas m (“pathogenesis”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pataigineach | phataigineach | bpataigineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "pataigineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.