From bileog (“leaf”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
bileogach (genitive singular masculine bileogaigh, genitive singular feminine bileogaí, plural bileogacha, comparative bileogaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bileogach | bhileogach | bileogacha; bhileogacha2 | |
vocative | bhileogaigh | bileogacha | ||
genitive | bileogaí | bileogacha | bileogach | |
dative | bileogach; bhileogach1 |
bhileogach; bhileogaigh (archaic) |
bileogacha; bhileogacha2 | |
Comparative | níos bileogaí | |||
Superlative | is bileogaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bileogach | bhileogach | mbileogach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |