airdeallach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From airdeall (“alertness, watchfulness; (act of) watching out”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
airdeallach (genitive singular masculine airdeallaigh, genitive singular feminine airdeallaí, plural airdeallacha, comparative airdeallaí)
- alert, watchful
- Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach
Declension[edit]
Declension of airdeallach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airdeallach | airdeallach | airdeallacha | |
| Vocative | airdeallaigh | airdeallacha | ||
| Genitive | airdeallaí | airdeallacha | airdeallach | |
| Dative | airdeallach | airdeallach; airdeallaigh (archaic) |
airdeallacha | |
| Comparative | níos airdeallaí | |||
| Superlative | is airdeallaí | |||
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airdeallach | n-airdeallach | hairdeallach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airdeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN