dé-aistreach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + aistreach (“transitive”).
Adjective
[edit]dé-aistreach (genitive singular masculine dé-aistrigh, genitive singular feminine dé-aistrí, plural dé-aistreacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha2 | |
| vocative | dhé-aistrigh | dé-aistreacha | ||
| genitive | dé-aistrí | dé-aistreacha | dé-aistreach | |
| dative | dé-aistreach; dhé-aistreach1 |
dhé-aistreach; dhé-aistrigh (archaic) |
dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | ndé-aistreach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- “ambitransitive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025