Filipíneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Filipinas + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Filipíneach (genitive singular masculine Filipínigh, genitive singular feminine Filipíní, plural Filipíneacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Filipíneach | Fhilipíneach | Filipíneacha; Fhilipíneacha2 | |
vocative | Fhilipínigh | Filipíneacha | ||
genitive | Filipíní | Filipíneacha | Filipíneach | |
dative | Filipíneach; Fhilipíneach1 |
Fhilipíneach; Fhilipínigh (archaic) |
Filipíneacha; Fhilipíneacha2 | |
Comparative | níos Filipíní | |||
Superlative | is Filipíní |
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]- Na hOileáin Fhilipíneacha m pl (“the Philippines”)
- Poblacht na nOileán Filipíneach f (“the Republic of the Philippines”)
Related terms
[edit]- Filipínis f (“the Filipino language”)
Noun
[edit]Filipíneach m (genitive singular Filipínigh, nominative plural Filipínigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Filipíneach | Fhilipíneach | bhFilipíneach |
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) “Filipíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Filipíneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024