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Irish
Etymology 1
From idéal (“ideal”, noun) + -aí.
Noun
idéalaí m (genitive singular idéalaí, nominative plural idéalaithe)
- idealist
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
idéalaí
- inflection of idéalach (“ideal”):
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| idéalaí
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n-idéalaí
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hidéalaí
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t-idéalaí
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “idéalaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “idealist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “idéalaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm