alcaileach

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Irish

Etymology

From alcaile (“alkali”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alcaileach (genitive singular masculine alcailigh, genitive singular feminine alcailí, plural alcaileacha, comparative alcailí)

  1. (chemistry) alkaline

Declension

Declension of alcaileach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative alcaileach alcaileach alcaileacha
vocative alcailigh alcaileacha
genitive alcailí alcaileacha alcaileach
dative alcaileach alcaileach;
alcailigh (archaic) 		alcaileacha
Comparative níos alcailí
Superlative is alcailí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcaileach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alcaileach n-alcaileach halcaileach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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