airleogach

Irish

Etymology

From airleog (“bound”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airleogach (genitive singular masculine airleogaigh, genitive singular feminine airleogaí, plural airleogacha, not comparable)

1. bounding

Declension

Declension of airleogach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	airleogach	airleogach	airleogacha
vocative	airleogaigh		airleogacha
genitive		airleogaí	airleogacha	airleogach
dative	airleogach	airleogach; airleogaigh (archaic)	airleogacha
Comparative	níos airleogaí
Superlative	is airleogaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of airleogach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airleogach	n-airleogach	hairleogach	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) “airleogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN