mí-éifeachtach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mí-éifeacht (“ineffectiveness”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mí-éifeachtach (genitive singular masculine mí-éifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mí-éifeachtaí, plural mí-éifeachtacha, comparative mí-éifeachtaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | mí-éifeachtach | mhí-éifeachtach | mí-éifeachtacha; mhí-éifeachtacha2 | |
vocative | mhí-éifeachtaigh | mí-éifeachtacha | ||
genitive | mí-éifeachtaí | mí-éifeachtacha | mí-éifeachtach | |
dative | mí-éifeachtach; mhí-éifeachtach1 |
mhí-éifeachtach; mhí-éifeachtaigh (archaic) |
mí-éifeachtacha; mhí-éifeachtacha2 | |
Comparative | níos mí-éifeachtaí | |||
Superlative | is mí-éifeachtaí |
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 |
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mí-éifeachtach | mhí-éifeachtach | 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]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mí-éifeachtach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mí-éifeachtach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024