urtheilgeach

Irish

Etymology

From ur- (“over”) +‎ teilg (“throw”) + -ach.

Adjective

urtheilgeach (genitive singular masculine urtheilgigh, genitive singular feminine urtheilgí, plural urtheilgeacha, comparative urtheilgí)

1. hyperbolic

   Synonym: áibhéalach

Declension

Declension of urtheilgeach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	urtheilgeach	urtheilgeach	urtheilgeacha
vocative	urtheilgigh		urtheilgeacha
genitive		urtheilgí	urtheilgeacha	urtheilgeach
dative	urtheilgeach	urtheilgeach; urtheilgigh (archaic)	urtheilgeacha
Comparative	níos urtheilgí
Superlative	is urtheilgí

Related terms

• urtheilgean (“hyperbole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of urtheilgeach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urtheilgeach	n-urtheilgeach	hurtheilgeach	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urtheilgeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “urtheilgeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm