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Definition 2024
oiléach
oiléach
Irish
Alternative forms
- óileach
Adjective
oiléach (genitive singular masculine oiléach, genitive singular feminine oiléiche, plural oiléacha, comparative oiléiche)
Declension
Declension of oiléach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | oiléach | oiléach¹ | oiléacha³ | |
| Vocative | oiléach¹ | oiléach¹ | oiléacha | |
| Genitive | oiléach¹ | oiléiche | oiléacha | oiléach |
| Dative | oiléach² | oiléach¹ | oiléacha³ | |
| Comparative | oiléiche | |||
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.
Derived terms
- aigéad óileach m (“oleic acid”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| oiléach | n-oiléach | hoiléach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "oiléach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.