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ailléileach
ailléileach
Irish
Adjective
ailléileach (genitive singular masculine ailléiligh, genitive singular feminine ailléilí, plural ailléileacha, comparative ailléilí)
Declension
Declension of ailléileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ailléileach | ailléileach¹ | ailléileacha³ | |
| Vocative | ailléiligh¹ | ailléileach¹ | ailléileacha | |
| Genitive | ailléiligh¹ | ailléilí (obsolete) ailléilighe |
ailléileacha | ailléileach |
| Dative | ailléileach² | ailléileach¹ (archaic) ailléiligh¹ |
ailléileacha³ | |
| Comparative | ailléilí (obsolete) ailléilighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- heitrea-ailléileach (“heteroallelic”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ailléileach | n-ailléileach | hailléileach | t-ailléileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ailléileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.