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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alcaileach n-alcaileach halcaileach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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