dailtíneach

Irish

Etymology

From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)

1. impudent, caddish

Declension

Declension of dailtíneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha2
vocative	dhailtínigh		dailtíneacha
genitive		dailtíní	dailtíneacha	dailtíneach
dative	dailtíneach; dhailtíneach1	dhailtíneach; dhailtínigh (archaic)	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha2
Comparative	níos dailtíní
Superlative	is dailtíní

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

• dailtíneacht f (“impudence, caddishness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dailtíneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	ndailtíneach

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