airtéiseach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by the monks in the 12th century.
Adjective
[edit]airtéiseach (genitive singular masculine airtéisigh, genitive singular feminine airtéisí, plural airtéiseacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of airtéisea
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airtéisea | airtéisea | airtéisea; airtéisea² | |
| Vocative | airtéisea | airtéisea | ||
| Genitive | airtéisea | airtéisea | airtéisea | |
| Dative | airtéisea; airtéisea¹ |
airtéisea | airtéisea; airtéisea² | |
| Comparative | níos airtéisea | |||
| Superlative | is airtéisea | |||
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 | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airtéiseach | n-airtéiseach | hairtéiseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airtéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN