Sín-Tibéadach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sín- (“Sino-”) + Tibéadach (“Tibetan”).
Adjective
[edit]Sín-Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Sín-Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Sín-Tibéadaí, plural Sín-Tibéadacha, not comparable)
- (linguistics, etc.) Sino-Tibetan
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach | Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha2 | |
| vocative | Shín-Tibéadaigh | Sín-Tibéadacha | ||
| genitive | Sín-Tibéadaí | Sín-Tibéadacha | Sín-Tibéadach | |
| dative | Sín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadach1 |
Shín-Tibéadach; Shín-Tibéadaigh (archaic) |
Sín-Tibéadacha; Shín-Tibéadacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos Sín-Tibéadaí | |||
| Superlative | is Sín-Tibéadaí | |||
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]- Sín-Tibéidis f (“Sino-Tibetan”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Sín-Tibéadach | Shín-Tibéadach after an, tSín-Tibéadach |
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
[edit]- “Sino-Tibetan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025