dé-aistreach

Irish

Etymology

From dé- (“bi-, di-, two-”) +‎ aistreach (“transitive”).

Adjective

dé-aistreach (genitive singular masculine dé-aistrigh, genitive singular feminine dé-aistrí, plural dé-aistreacha, not comparable)

  1. (grammar) ambitransitive

Declension

Declension of dé-aistreach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dé-aistreach dhé-aistreach dé-aistreacha;
dhé-aistreacha2
vocative dhé-aistrigh dé-aistreacha
genitive dé-aistrí dé-aistreacha dé-aistreach
dative dé-aistreach;
dhé-aistreach1 		dhé-aistreach;
dhé-aistrigh (archaic) 		dé-aistreacha;
dhé-aistreacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dé-aistreach
radical lenition eclipsis
dé-aistreach dhé-aistreach ndé-aistreach

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

References

  • “ambitransitive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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