abairteach

Irish

Etymology

From abairt (“sentence; expression; saying, adage, phrase”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

abairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)

1. Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)

Declension

Declension of abairteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	abairteach	abairteach	abairteacha
vocative	abairtigh		abairteacha
genitive		abairtí	abairteacha	abairteach
dative	abairteach	abairteach; abairtigh (archaic)	abairteacha
Comparative	níos abairtí
Superlative	is abairtí

Mutation

Mutated forms of abairteach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
abairteach	n-abairteach	habairteach	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

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