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

Positive	singular		plural
	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