péistchruthach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From péist (“worm”) + -chruthach (“-shaped”).
Adjective
[edit]péistchruthach (genitive singular masculine péistchruthaigh, genitive singular feminine péistchruthaí, plural péistchruthacha, comparative péistchruthaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | péistchruthach | phéistchruthach | péistchruthacha; phéistchruthacha2 | |
| vocative | phéistchruthaigh | péistchruthacha | ||
| genitive | péistchruthaí | péistchruthacha | péistchruthach | |
| dative | péistchruthach; phéistchruthach1 |
phéistchruthach; phéistchruthaigh (archaic) |
péistchruthacha; phéistchruthacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos péistchruthaí | |||
| Superlative | is péistchruthaí | |||
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
[edit]- aipindic phéistchruthach (“vermiform appendix”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| péistchruthach | phéistchruthach | bpéistchruthach |
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) “péistchruthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “péistchruthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm