abairteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From abairt (“sentence; expression; saying, adage, phrase”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]abairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)
- Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of abairteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | abairteach | abairteach | abairteacha | |
Vocative | abairtigh | abairteacha | ||
Genitive | abairtí | abairteacha | abairteach | |
Dative | abairteach | abairteach; abairtigh (archaic) |
abairteacha | |
Comparative | níos abairtí | |||
Superlative | is abairtí |
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abairteach | n-abairteach | habairteach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abairteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN