idéalach

Irish

Etymology

From idéal (“ideal”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

idéalach (genitive singular masculine idéalaigh, genitive singular feminine idéalaí, plural idéalacha, comparative idéalaí)

1. ideal

Declension

Declension of idéalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	idéalach	idéalach	idéalacha
vocative	idéalaigh		idéalacha
genitive		idéalaí	idéalacha	idéalach
dative	idéalach	idéalach; idéalaigh (archaic)	idéalacha
Comparative	níos idéalaí
Superlative	is idéalaí

Derived terms

• idéalachas (“idealism”)

Related terms

• idéalacht (“ideality”)
• idéalaí (“idealist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of idéalach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
idéalach	n-idéalach	hidéalach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN