cliathánach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cliathánach (genitive singular masculine cliathánaigh, genitive singular feminine cliathánaí, plural cliathánacha, comparative cliathánaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | cliathánach | chliathánach | cliathánacha; chliathánacha2 | |
| vocative | chliathánaigh | cliathánacha | ||
| genitive | cliathánaí | cliathánacha | cliathánach | |
| dative | cliathánach; chliathánach1 |
chliathánach; chliathánaigh (archaic) |
cliathánacha; chliathánacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos cliathánaí | |||
| Superlative | is cliathánaí | |||
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]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cliathánach | chliathánach | gcliathánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
Further reading
[edit]- “cliathánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy