From tais- (“hygro-”) + -méadrach (“-metric”).
taismhéadrach (genitive singular masculine taismhéadraigh, genitive singular feminine taismhéadraí, plural taismhéadracha)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | taismhéadrach | thaismhéadrach | taismhéadracha; thaismhéadracha2 | |
vocative | thaismhéadraigh | taismhéadracha | ||
genitive | taismhéadraí | taismhéadracha | taismhéadrach | |
dative | taismhéadrach; thaismhéadrach1 |
thaismhéadrach; thaismhéadraigh (archaic) |
taismhéadracha; thaismhéadracha2 | |
Comparative | níos taismhéadraí | |||
Superlative | is taismhéadraí |
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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taismhéadrach | thaismhéadrach | dtaismhéadrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.