tarrthálach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tarrthálach (genitive singular masculine tarrthálaigh, genitive singular feminine tarrthálaí, plural tarrthálacha, comparative tarrthálaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tarrthálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tarrthálach | tharrthálach | tarrthálacha; tharrthálacha² | |
| Vocative | tharrthálaigh | tarrthálacha | ||
| Genitive | tarrthálaí | tarrthálacha | tarrthálach | |
| Dative | tarrthálach; tharrthálach¹ |
tharrthálach; tharrthálaigh (archaic) |
tarrthálacha; tharrthálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tarrthálaí | |||
| Superlative | is tarrthálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tarrthálach | tharrthálach | dtarrthálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tarrṫálaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarrthálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN