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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish míleta; by surface analysis, míle (“soldier”) + -ta.
Adjective
míleata
- martial, warlike
- Synonyms: badhbha, cogúil, trodach
- soldierly, stately
- military
Declension
Declension of míleata
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singular
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plural (m/f)
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Positive
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masculine
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feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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nominative
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míleata
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mhíleata
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míleata; mhíleata2
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vocative
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mhíleata
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míleata
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genitive
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míleata
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míleata
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míleata
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dative
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míleata; mhíleata1
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mhíleata
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míleata; mhíleata2
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Comparative
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níos míleata
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Superlative
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is míleata
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1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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míleata
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mhíleata
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not applicable
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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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Further reading
- “míleata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míleta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “míleaḋta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míleata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN