páirteach

Irish

Etymology

From páirt (“part”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

páirteach (genitive singular masculine páirtigh, genitive singular feminine páirtí, plural páirteacha, comparative páirtí)

1. participating, sharing

   Synonym: rannpháirteach

   Antonym: neamhpháirteach

2. communal

   Synonym: comhchoiteann

3. sympathetic

   Synonyms: báúil, cásmhar, comhbhách, comhbhraiteach, comhghoilliúnach, simpiteach, taobhaitheach

4. partial

   Synonym: páirt-

Declension

Declension of páirteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	páirteach	pháirteach	páirteacha; pháirteacha2
vocative	pháirtigh		páirteacha
genitive		páirtí	páirteacha	páirteach
dative	páirteach; pháirteach1	pháirteach; pháirtigh (archaic)	páirteacha; pháirteacha2
Comparative	níos páirtí
Superlative	is páirtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• claonpháirteach (“partisan”, adjective)

Noun

páirteach m (genitive singular páirtigh, nominative plural páirteacha)

1. (music) partial
2. Synonym of páirtí (“party; associates, followers; set, group, people; partner, associate; sympathizer, well-wisher”)
3. Synonym of páirtíocht (“partnership; fellowship, association”)

Declension

Declension of páirteach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative páirteach páirteacha vocative a pháirtigh a pháirteacha genitive páirtigh páirteach dative páirteach páirteacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an páirteach na páirteacha genitive an pháirtigh na bpáirteach dative leis an bpáirteach don pháirteach leis na páirteacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of páirteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
páirteach	pháirteach	bpáirteach

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) “páirteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “páirteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “páirteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024