pointeáilte

Irish

Alternative forms

• poinnteálta

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲɑːl̠ʲtʲə/

Participle

pointeáilte

1. past participle of pointeáil

Adjective

pointeáilte

1. clean-cut, dapper, fastidious (as in painstaking), neat (of person), smart, spruce, tidy
2. particular, punctilious
3. punctual (prompt)

   Synonyms: féichiúnta, poncúil, spriocúil

4. precise (exact, accurate; of person)

   Synonyms: cruinn, beacht

5. exact (careful with details)
6. delicate (especially of sports movement etc)

Declension

Declension of pointeáilte

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	pointeáilte	phointeáilte	pointeáilte; phointeáilte²
Vocative	phointeáilte		pointeáilte
Genitive		pointeáilte	pointeáilte	pointeáilte
Dative	pointeáilte; phointeáilte¹	phointeáilte	pointeáilte; phointeáilte²
Comparative	níos pointeáilte
Superlative	is pointeáilte

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pointeáilte	phointeáilte	bpointeáilte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pointeáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN