Pailéasóch

Irish

Etymology

From pailéa- (“palaeo-”) +‎ -sóch (“-zoic”).

Adjective

Pailéasóch (genitive singular masculine Pailéasóch, genitive singular feminine Pailéasóiche, plural Pailéasócha)

1. (geology) Palaeozoic

Declension

Declension of Pailéasóch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Pailéasóch	Phailéasóch	Pailéasócha; Phailéasócha2
vocative	Phailéasóch		Pailéasócha
genitive		Pailéasóiche	Pailéasócha	Pailéasóch
dative	Pailéasóch; Phailéasóch1	Phailéasóch	Pailéasócha; Phailéasócha2
Comparative	níos Pailéasóiche
Superlative	is Pailéasóiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of Pailéasóch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Pailéasóch	Phailéasóch	bPailéasóch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pailéasóch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN