ilchreidmheach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From il- (“multi-”) + creidmheach (“believing”).
Adjective
[edit]ilchreidmheach (genitive singular masculine imeaglaigh, genitive singular feminine imeaglaí, plural ilchreidmheacha, comparative imeaglaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | imeaglach | imeaglach | imeaglacha | |
| vocative | imeaglaigh | imeaglacha | ||
| genitive | imeaglaí | imeaglacha | imeaglach | |
| dative | imeaglach | imeaglach; imeaglaigh (archaic) |
imeaglacha | |
| Comparative | níos imeaglaí | |||
| Superlative | is imeaglaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ilchreidmheach | n-ilchreidmheach | hilchreidmheach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ilchreidmheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ilchreidmheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ilchreidmheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024