claonpháirteach
Irish
Etymology
From claon- (“crooked, sloping, inclined”) + páirteach (“participating, sharing; sympathetic; partial”).
Adjective
claonpháirteach (genitive singular masculine claonpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine claonpháirtí, plural claonpháirteacha, comparative claonpháirtí)
Declension
Declension of claonpháirteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | claonpháirteach | chlaonpháirteach | claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha² | |
| Vocative | chlaonpháirtigh | claonpháirteacha | ||
| Genitive | claonpháirtí | claonpháirteacha | claonpháirteach | |
| Dative | claonpháirteach; chlaonpháirteach¹ |
chlaonpháirteach; chlaonpháirtigh (archaic) |
claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos claonpháirtí | |||
| Superlative | is claonpháirtí | |||
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
- claonpháirteachas m (“collusion, partisanship”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| claonpháirteach | chlaonpháirteach | gclaonpháirteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "claonpháirteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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