sláinteach

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Irish

Etymology

From sláinte (“health”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sláinteach (genitive singular masculine sláintigh, genitive singular feminine sláintí, plural sláinteacha, comparative sláintí)

  1. hygienic
    Synonym: sláintiúil

Declension

Declension of sláinteach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative sláinteach shláinteach sláinteacha;
shláinteacha2
vocative shláintigh sláinteacha
genitive sláintí sláinteacha sláinteach
dative sláinteach;
shláinteach1 		shláinteach;
shláintigh (archaic) 		sláinteacha;
shláinteacha2
Comparative níos sláintí
Superlative is sláintí

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 sláinteach
radical lenition eclipsis
sláinteach shláinteach
after an, tsláinteach 		not applicable

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

References

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