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Definition 2024
ailgineach
ailgineach
Irish
Adjective
ailgineach (genitive singular masculine ailginigh, genitive singular feminine ailginí, plural ailgineacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of ailgineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ailgineach | ailgineach¹ | ailgineacha³ | |
| Vocative | ailginigh¹ | ailgineach¹ | ailgineacha | |
| Genitive | ailginigh¹ | ailginí (obsolete) ailginighe |
ailgineacha | ailgineach |
| Dative | ailgineach² | ailgineach¹ (archaic) ailginigh¹ |
ailgineacha³ | |
| Comparative | ailginí (obsolete) ailginighe |
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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 |
| ailgineach | n-ailgineach | hailgineach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ailgineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.