dailtíneach

Irish

Etymology

From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)

  1. impudent, caddish

Declension

Declension of dailtíneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dailtíneach dhailtíneach dailtíneacha;
dhailtíneacha2
vocative dhailtínigh dailtíneacha
genitive dailtíní dailtíneacha dailtíneach
dative dailtíneach;
dhailtíneach1 		dhailtíneach;
dhailtínigh (archaic) 		dailtíneacha;
dhailtíneacha2
Comparative níos dailtíní
Superlative is dailtíní

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 dailtíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
dailtíneach dhailtíneach ndailtíneach

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

References

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