áitheasach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish áithesach, áthasach (“victorious, successful”), from áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”). By surface analysis, áitheas (“success, victory”) + -ach (adjectival ending).
Adjective
[edit]áitheasach (genitive singular masculine áitheasaigh, genitive singular feminine áitheasaí, plural áitheasacha, comparative áitheasaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | áitheasach | áitheasach | áitheasacha | |
| vocative | áitheasaigh | áitheasacha | ||
| genitive | áitheasaí | áitheasacha | áitheasach | |
| dative | áitheasach | áitheasach; áitheasaigh (archaic) |
áitheasacha | |
| Comparative | níos áitheasaí | |||
| Superlative | is áitheasaí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- áitheas m (“success, victory”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| áitheasach | n-áitheasach | háitheasach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áitheasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áithesach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language