abairteach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom abairt (“sentence; expression; saying, adage, phrase”) + -ach.
Adjective
editabairteach (genitive singular masculine abairtigh, genitive singular feminine abairtí, plural abairteacha, comparative abairtí)
- Alternative form of abartha (“given to repartee”)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | abairteach | abairteach | abairteacha | |
vocative | abairtigh | abairteacha | ||
genitive | abairtí | abairteacha | abairteach | |
dative | abairteach | abairteach; abairtigh (archaic) |
abairteacha | |
Comparative | níos abairtí | |||
Superlative | is abairtí |
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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abairteach | n-abairteach | habairteach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abairteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN