Tibéadach

Irish

Etymology

From An Tibéad (“Tibet”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Tibéadaí, plural Tibéadacha, not comparable)

1. Tibetan

Declension

Declension of Tibéadach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Tibéadach	Thibéadach	Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha2
vocative	Thibéadaigh		Tibéadacha
genitive		Tibéadaí	Tibéadacha	Tibéadach
dative	Tibéadach; Thibéadach1	Thibéadach; Thibéadaigh (archaic)	Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha2
Comparative	níos Tibéadaí
Superlative	is Tibéadaí

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

• Sín-Tibéadach (“Sino-Tibetan”, adjective)

Related terms

• Tibéidis f (“the Tibetan language”)

Noun

Tibéadach m (genitive singular Tibéadaigh, nominative plural Tibéadaigh)

1. Tibetan (person)

Declension

Declension of Tibéadach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Tibéadach Tibéadaigh vocative a Thibéadaigh a Thibéadacha genitive Tibéadaigh Tibéadach dative Tibéadach Tibéadaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Tibéadach na Tibéadaigh genitive an Tibéadaigh na dTibéadach dative leis an Tibéadach don Tibéadach leis na Tibéadaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Tibéadach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Tibéadach	Thibéadach	dTibéadach

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