gnaitheach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

gnaitheach (genitive singular masculine gnaithigh, genitive singular feminine gnaithí, plural gnaitheacha, comparative gnaithí)

  1. (Ulster) active, busy
    Synonyms: gníomhach, gnóthach

Declension

Declension of gnaitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gnaitheach ghnaitheach gnaitheacha;
ghnaitheacha2
vocative ghnaithigh gnaitheacha
genitive gnaithí gnaitheacha gnaitheach
dative gnaitheach;
ghnaitheach1 		ghnaitheach;
ghnaithigh (archaic) 		gnaitheacha;
ghnaitheacha2
Comparative níos gnaithí
Superlative is gnaithí

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 gnaitheach
radical lenition eclipsis
gnaitheach ghnaitheach ngnaitheach

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

References

  1. ^ E. C. Quiggin (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, pp. 37, 46
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