dailtíneach

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Irish

Etymology

From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)

  1. impudent, caddish

Declension

Declension of dailtíneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dailtíneach dhailtíneach dailtíneacha;
dhailtíneacha2
vocative dhailtínigh dailtíneacha
genitive dailtíní dailtíneacha dailtíneach
dative dailtíneach;
dhailtíneach1 		dhailtíneach;
dhailtínigh (archaic) 		dailtíneacha;
dhailtíneacha2
Comparative níos dailtíní
Superlative is dailtíní

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dailtíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
dailtíneach dhailtíneach ndailtíneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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