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coláisteach
coláisteach
Irish
Adjective
coláisteach (genitive singular masculine coláistigh, genitive singular feminine coláistí, plural coláisteacha, comparative coláistí)
Declension
Declension of coláisteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coláisteach | coláisteach¹ | coláisteacha³ | |
| Vocative | coláistigh¹ | coláisteach¹ | coláisteacha | |
| Genitive | coláistigh¹ | coláistí (obsolete) coláistighe |
coláisteacha | coláisteach |
| Dative | coláisteach² | coláisteach¹ (archaic) coláistigh¹ |
coláisteacha³ | |
| Comparative | coláistí (obsolete) coláistighe |
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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.
Related terms
- coláisteánach m (“collegian”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coláisteach | choláisteach | gcoláisteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "coláisteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.