airdeallach

Irish

Etymology

From airdeall (“alertness, watchfulness; (act of) watching out”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airdeallach (genitive singular masculine airdeallaigh, genitive singular feminine airdeallaí, plural airdeallacha, comparative airdeallaí)

  1. alert, watchful
    Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach

Declension

Declension of airdeallach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative airdeallach airdeallach airdeallacha
vocative airdeallaigh airdeallacha
genitive airdeallaí airdeallacha airdeallach
dative airdeallach airdeallach;
airdeallaigh (archaic) 		airdeallacha
Comparative níos airdeallaí
Superlative is airdeallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of airdeallach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airdeallach n-airdeallach hairdeallach 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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