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bitheach
bitheach
Irish
Adjective
bitheach (genitive singular masculine bithigh, genitive singular feminine bithí, plural bitheacha, comparative bithí)
Declension
Declension of bitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bitheach | bitheach¹ | bitheacha³ | |
| Vocative | bithigh¹ | bitheach¹ | bitheacha | |
| Genitive | bithigh¹ | bithí (obsolete) bithighe |
bitheacha | bitheach |
| Dative | bitheach² | bitheach¹ (archaic) bithigh¹ |
bitheacha³ | |
| Comparative | bithí (obsolete) bithighe |
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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.
Antonyms
- aibitheach (“abiotic”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bitheach | bhitheach | mbitheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bitheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.