aicéiteach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

aicéiteach (genitive singular masculine aicéitigh, genitive singular feminine aicéití, plural aicéiteacha, not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) acetic

Declension

Declension of aicéiteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aicéiteach	aicéiteach	aicéiteacha
vocative	aicéitigh		aicéiteacha
genitive		aicéití	aicéiteacha	aicéiteach
dative	aicéiteach	aicéiteach; aicéitigh (archaic)	aicéiteacha
Comparative	níos aicéití
Superlative	is aicéití

Derived terms

• aigéad aicéiteach m (“acetic acid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aicéiteach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicéiteach	n-aicéiteach	haicéiteach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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