cliathánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cliathánach (genitive singular masculine cliathánaigh, genitive singular feminine cliathánaí, plural cliathánacha, comparative cliathánaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cliathánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cliathánach | chliathánach | cliathánacha; chliathánacha² | |
| Vocative | chliathánaigh | cliathánacha | ||
| Genitive | cliathánaí | cliathánacha | cliathánach | |
| Dative | cliathánach; chliathánach¹ |
chliathánach; chliathánaigh (archaic) |
cliathánacha; chliathánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cliathánaí | |||
| Superlative | is cliathánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cliathánach | chliathánach | gcliathánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
Further reading
[edit]- “cliathánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy