claonpháirteach

Irish

Etymology

From claon- (“crooked, sloping, inclined”) +‎ páirteach (“participating, sharing; sympathetic; partial”).

Adjective

claonpháirteach (genitive singular masculine claonpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine claonpháirtí, plural claonpháirteacha, comparative claonpháirtí)

1. partisan

Declension

Declension of claonpháirteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	claonpháirteach	chlaonpháirteach	claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha2
vocative	chlaonpháirtigh		claonpháirteacha
genitive		claonpháirtí	claonpháirteacha	claonpháirteach
dative	claonpháirteach; chlaonpháirteach1	chlaonpháirteach; chlaonpháirtigh (archaic)	claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha2
Comparative	níos claonpháirtí
Superlative	is claonpháirtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• claonpháirteachas m (“collusion, partisanship”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of claonpháirteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
claonpháirteach	chlaonpháirteach	gclaonpháirteach

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) “claonpháirteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN