clastach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]clastach (genitive singular masculine clastaigh, genitive singular feminine clastaí, plural clastacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | clastach | chlastach | clastacha; chlastacha2 | |
| vocative | chlastaigh | clastacha | ||
| genitive | clastaí | clastacha | clastach | |
| dative | clastach; chlastach1 |
chlastach; chlastaigh (archaic) |
clastacha; chlastacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos clastaí | |||
| Superlative | is clastaí | |||
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
[edit]- bithchlastach (“bioclastic”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| clastach | chlastach | gclastach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clastach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN