From pailé- (“palaeo-”) + teicniúil (“technical”).
pailéiteicniúil (genitive singular masculine pailéiteicniúil, genitive singular feminine pailéiteicniúla, plural pailéiteicniúla)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | pailéiteicniúil | phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla; phailéiteicniúla2 | |
vocative | phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla | ||
genitive | pailéiteicniúla | pailéiteicniúla | pailéiteicniúil | |
dative | pailéiteicniúil; phailéiteicniúil1 |
phailéiteicniúil | pailéiteicniúla; phailéiteicniúla2 | |
Comparative | níos pailéiteicniúla | |||
Superlative | is pailéiteicniúla |
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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pailéiteicniúil | phailéiteicniúil | bpailéiteicniúil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.