dé-aistreach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + aistreach (“transitive”).
Adjective
[edit]dé-aistreach (genitive singular masculine dé-aistrigh, genitive singular feminine dé-aistrí, plural dé-aistreacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dé-aistreach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha² | |
| Vocative | dhé-aistrigh | dé-aistreacha | ||
| Genitive | dé-aistrí | dé-aistreacha | dé-aistreach | |
| Dative | dé-aistreach; dhé-aistreach¹ |
dhé-aistreach; dhé-aistrigh (archaic) |
dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | ndé-aistreach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- “ambitransitive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024