From batai- (“bathy-”) + -méadrach (“-metric”).
bataiméadrach (genitive singular masculine bataiméadraigh, genitive singular feminine bataiméadraí, plural bataiméadracha, comparative bataiméadraí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bataiméadrach | bhataiméadrach | bataiméadracha; bhataiméadracha² | |
| Vocative | bhataiméadraigh | bataiméadracha | ||
| Genitive | bataiméadraí | bataiméadracha | bataiméadrach | |
| Dative | bataiméadrach; bhataiméadrach¹ |
bhataiméadrach; bhataiméadraigh (archaic) |
bataiméadracha; bhataiméadracha² | |
| Comparative | níos bataiméadraí | |||
| Superlative | is bataiméadraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bataiméadrach | bhataiméadrach | mbataiméadrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||