From bainisteoir (“manager”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
bainisteoireach (genitive singular masculine bainisteoirigh, genitive singular feminine bainisteoirí, plural bainisteoireacha, comparative bainisteoirí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha2 | |
vocative | bhainisteoirigh | bainisteoireacha | ||
genitive | bainisteoirí | bainisteoireacha | bainisteoireach | |
dative | bainisteoireach; bhainisteoireach1 |
bhainisteoireach; bhainisteoirigh (archaic) |
bainisteoireacha; bhainisteoireacha2 | |
Comparative | níos bainisteoirí | |||
Superlative | is bainisteoirí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bainisteoireach | bhainisteoireach | mbainisteoireach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.