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

Positive	singular		plural
	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