bainisteoireach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bainisteoir (“manager”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]bainisteoireach (genitive singular masculine bainisteoirigh, genitive singular feminine bainisteoirí, plural bainisteoireacha, comparative bainisteoirí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha2 | |
| vocative | bhainisteoirigh | bainisteoireacha | ||
| genitive | bainisteoirí | bainisteoireacha | bainisteoireach | |
| dative | bainisteoireach; bhainisteoireach1 |
bhainisteoireach; bhainisteoirigh (archaic) |
bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos bainisteoirí | |||
| Superlative | is bainisteoirí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- bainisteoireacht f (“(act of) managing, management; managership”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | mbainisteoireach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bainisteoireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN