apacailipteach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκαλύπτειν (apokalúptein, “to reveal, uncover”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + καλύπτειν (kalúptein, “to cover”).

Adjective

apacailipteach (genitive singular masculine apacailiptigh, genitive singular feminine apacailiptí, plural apacailipteacha, comparative apacailiptí)

1. (Christianity) apocalyptic

Declension

Declension of apacailipteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	apacailipteach	apacailipteach	apacailipteacha
vocative	apacailiptigh		apacailipteacha
genitive		apacailiptí	apacailipteacha	apacailipteach
dative	apacailipteach	apacailipteach; apacailiptigh (archaic)	apacailipteacha
Comparative	níos apacailiptí
Superlative	is apacailiptí

Related terms

• apacailipsis m (“apocalypse”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of apacailipteach

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