alcaileach

Irish

Etymology

From alcaile (“alkali”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alcaileach (genitive singular masculine alcailigh, genitive singular feminine alcailí, plural alcaileacha, comparative alcailí)

1. (chemistry) alkaline

Declension

Declension of alcaileach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	alcaileach	alcaileach	alcaileacha
vocative	alcailigh		alcaileacha
genitive		alcailí	alcaileacha	alcaileach
dative	alcaileach	alcaileach; alcailigh (archaic)	alcaileacha
Comparative	níos alcailí
Superlative	is alcailí

Derived terms

• cadhnra alcaileach m, ceallra alcaileach m (“alkaline battery”)
• cré-alcaileach (“alkaline-earth”, adjective)
• fo-alcaileach (“subalkalic”, adjective)

Related terms

• alcaileacht f (“alkalinity”)
• alcailiméadracht f (“alkalimetry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcaileach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alcaileach	n-alcaileach	halcaileach	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) “alcaileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alcaileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “alcaileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025