From Old Irish taitnemach.[2] By surface analysis, taitneamh + -ach.
taitneamhach (genitive singular masculine taitneamhaigh, genitive singular feminine taitneamhaí, plural taitneamhacha, comparative taitneamhaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | taitneamhach | thaitneamhach | taitneamhacha; thaitneamhacha2 | |
vocative | thaitneamhaigh | taitneamhacha | ||
genitive | taitneamhaí | taitneamhacha | taitneamhach | |
dative | taitneamhach; thaitneamhach1 |
thaitneamhach; thaitneamhaigh (archaic) |
taitneamhacha; thaitneamhacha2 | |
Comparative | níos taitneamhaí | |||
Superlative | is taitneamhaí |
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 |
---|---|---|
taitneamhach | thaitneamhach | dtaitneamhach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.