Sistíneach

Irish

Etymology

From Italian sistino + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Sistíneach (genitive singular masculine Sistínigh, genitive singular feminine Sistíní, plural Sistíneacha, not comparable)

  1. Sistine (of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus)

Declension

Declension of Sistíneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Sistíneach Shistíneach Sistíneacha;
Shistíneacha2
vocative Shistínigh Sistíneacha
genitive Sistíní Sistíneacha Sistíneach
dative Sistíneach;
Shistíneach1 		Shistíneach;
Shistínigh (archaic) 		Sistíneacha;
Shistíneacha2
Comparative níos Sistíní
Superlative is Sistíní

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

  • An Séipéal Sistíneach (“the Sistine Chapel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sistíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
Sistíneach Shistíneach
after an, tSistíneach 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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