From frith- (“anti-, counter-”) + páirteach (“partial”).
frithpháirteach (genitive singular masculine frithpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine frithpháirtí, plural frithpháirteacha, comparative frithpháirtí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | frithpháirteach | fhrithpháirteach | frithpháirteacha; fhrithpháirteacha2 | |
vocative | fhrithpháirtigh | frithpháirteacha | ||
genitive | frithpháirtí | frithpháirteacha | frithpháirteach | |
dative | frithpháirteach; fhrithpháirteach1 |
fhrithpháirteach; fhrithpháirtigh (archaic) |
frithpháirteacha; fhrithpháirteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos frithpháirtí | |||
Superlative | is frithpháirtí |
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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frithpháirteach | fhrithpháirteach | bhfrithpháirteach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.