matamaiticiúil
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From matamaitic (“mathematics”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]matamaiticiúil (genitive singular masculine matamaiticiúil, genitive singular feminine matamaiticiúla, plural matamaiticiúla, comparative matamaiticiúla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | matamaiticiúil | mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla2 | |
| vocative | mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla | ||
| genitive | matamaiticiúla | matamaiticiúla | matamaiticiúil | |
| dative | matamaiticiúil; mhatamaiticiúil1 |
mhatamaiticiúil | matamaiticiúla; mhatamaiticiúla2 | |
| Comparative | níos matamaiticiúla | |||
| Superlative | is matamaiticiúla | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| matamaiticiúil | mhatamaiticiúil | 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) “matamaiticiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “mathematical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “numerate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024