From claon- (“crooked, sloping, inclined”) + páirteach (“participating, sharing; sympathetic; partial”).
claonpháirteach (genitive singular masculine claonpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine claonpháirtí, plural claonpháirteacha, comparative claonpháirtí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | claonpháirteach | chlaonpháirteach | claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha2 | |
vocative | chlaonpháirtigh | claonpháirteacha | ||
genitive | claonpháirtí | claonpháirteacha | claonpháirteach | |
dative | claonpháirteach; chlaonpháirteach1 |
chlaonpháirteach; chlaonpháirtigh (archaic) |
claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos claonpháirtí | |||
Superlative | is claonpháirtí |
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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claonpháirteach | chlaonpháirteach | gclaonpháirteach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.