baictriach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
baictriach (genitive singular masculine baictriach, genitive singular feminine baictriaiche, plural baictriacha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of baictriach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | baictriach | bhaictriach | baictriacha; bhaictriacha² | |
Vocative | bhaictriach | baictriacha | ||
Genitive | baictriaiche | baictriacha | baictriach | |
Dative | baictriach; bhaictriach¹ |
bhaictriach | baictriacha; bhaictriacha² | |
Comparative | níos baictriaiche | |||
Superlative | is baictriaiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
- camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
baictriach | bhaictriach | mbaictriach |
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) “baictriach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN