Sistíneach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian sistino + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Sistíneach (genitive singular masculine Sistínigh, genitive singular feminine Sistíní, plural Sistíneacha, not comparable)
- Sistine (of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | Sistíneach | Shistíneach | Sistíneacha; Shistíneacha2 | |
| vocative | Shistínigh | Sistíneacha | ||
| genitive | Sistíní | Sistíneacha | Sistíneach | |
| dative | Sistíneach; Shistíneach1 |
Shistíneach; Shistínigh (archaic) |
Sistíneacha; Shistíneacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos Sistíní | |||
| Superlative | is Sistíní | |||
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]- An Séipéal Sistíneach (“the Sistine Chapel”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Sistíneach | Shistíneach after an, tSistíneach |
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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sistíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sistíneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm