ortaipéideach

Irish

Etymology

From ortaipéide (“orthopedics”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ortaipéideach (genitive singular masculine ortaipéidigh, genitive singular feminine ortaipéidí, plural ortaipéideacha, not comparable)

1. orthopedic

   fearas ortaipéideach ― orthopedic appliance

   máinlia ortaipéideach ― orthopaedic surgeon

Declension

Declension of ortaipéideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ortaipéideach	ortaipéideach	ortaipéideacha
vocative	ortaipéidigh		ortaipéideacha
genitive		ortaipéidí	ortaipéideacha	ortaipéideach
dative	ortaipéideach	ortaipéideach; ortaipéidigh (archaic)	ortaipéideacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ortaipéideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ortaipéideach	n-ortaipéideach	hortaipéideach	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) “ortaipéideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ortaipéideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ortaipéideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024