paiteanta

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patent, from Old French patent, from Latin patēns (“open, lying open”), present participle of pateō (“I lie open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠatʲən̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

paiteanta

1. patent (explicit and obvious)

Declension

Declension of paiteanta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	paiteanta	phaiteanta	paiteanta; phaiteanta2
vocative	phaiteanta		paiteanta
genitive		paiteanta	paiteanta	paiteanta
dative	paiteanta; phaiteanta1	phaiteanta	paiteanta; phaiteanta2
Comparative	níos paiteanta
Superlative	is paiteanta

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of paiteanta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paiteanta	phaiteanta	bpaiteanta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “paiteanta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “paiteanta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025