cuailleach
Irish
Adjective
cuailleach (genitive singular masculine cuailligh, genitive singular feminine cuaillí, plural cuailleacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of cuailleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cuailleach | chuailleach | cuailleacha; chuailleacha² | |
| Vocative | chuailligh | cuailleacha | ||
| Genitive | cuaillí | cuailleacha | cuailleach | |
| Dative | cuailleach; chuailleach¹ |
chuailleach; chuailligh (archaic) |
cuailleacha; chuailleacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cuaillí | |||
| Superlative | is cuaillí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuailleach | chuailleach | gcuailleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "cuailleach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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