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aifearach
aifearach
Irish
Adjective
aifearach (genitive singular masculine aifearaigh, genitive singular feminine aifearaí, plural aifearacha, comparative aifearaí)
Declension
Declension of aifearach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aifearach | aifearach¹ | aifearacha³ | |
| Vocative | aifearaigh¹ | aifearach¹ | aifearacha | |
| Genitive | aifearaigh¹ | aifearaí (obsolete) aifearaighe |
aifearacha | aifearach |
| Dative | aifearach² | aifearach¹ (archaic) aifearaigh¹ |
aifearacha³ | |
| Comparative | aifearaí (obsolete) aifearaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aifearach | n-aifearach | haifearach | t-aifearach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aifearach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aithbirach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.