ostairseachúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• os-tairseachúil

Etymology

From os- (“supra-”) +‎ tairseach (“threshold”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ostairseachúil (genitive singular masculine ostairseachúil, genitive singular feminine ostairseachúla, plural ostairseachúla, comparative ostairseachúla)

1. supraliminal

Declension

Declension of ostairseachúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ostairseachúil	ostairseachúil	ostairseachúla
vocative	ostairseachúil		ostairseachúla
genitive		ostairseachúla	ostairseachúla	ostairseachúil
dative	ostairseachúil	ostairseachúil	ostairseachúla
Comparative	níos ostairseachúla
Superlative	is ostairseachúla

Mutation

Mutated forms of ostairseachúil

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ostairseachúil	n-ostairseachúil	hostairseachúil	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) “os-tairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ostairseachúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm