Coirdíneach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]Coirdíneach (genitive singular masculine Coirdínigh, genitive singular feminine Coirdíní, plural Coirdíneacha, not comparable)
- Kurdish (of, from, or pertaining to the Kurdish people)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Coirdíneach | Choirdíneach | Coirdíneacha; Choirdíneacha2 | |
vocative | Choirdínigh | Coirdíneacha | ||
genitive | Coirdíní | Coirdíneacha | Coirdíneach | |
dative | Coirdíneach; Choirdíneach1 |
Choirdíneach; Choirdínigh (archaic) |
Coirdíneacha; Choirdíneacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Coirdíní | |||
Superlative | is Coirdíní |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- An Chordastáin f (“Kurdistan”)
- Coirdis f (“Kurdish”)
Noun
[edit]Coirdíneach m (genitive singular Coirdínigh, nominative plural Coirdínigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Coirdíneach | Choirdíneach | gCoirdíneach |
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]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Coirdíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Coirdíneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024