Méisiliteach

Irish

Etymology

From méisi- (“meso-”) +‎ -lit (“-lith”) + -ach (“-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Méisiliteach (genitive singular masculine Méisilitigh, genitive singular feminine Méisilití, plural Méisiliteacha, not comparable)

1. Mesolithic

Declension

Declension of Méisiliteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Méisiliteach	Méisiliteach	Méisiliteacha
vocative	Méisilitigh		Méisiliteacha
genitive		Méisilití	Méisiliteacha	Méisiliteach
dative	Méisiliteach	Méisiliteach; Méisilitigh (archaic)	Méisiliteacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Méisiliteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Méisiliteach	Mhéisiliteach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Méisiliteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Méisiliteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Méisiliteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024