inchurtha

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ionchurtha, ion-churtha[1]

Etymology

From in- +‎ curtha.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨnˠxɔɾˠhə/[2], /ɞnˠˈxɞɾˠhə/[3]

Adjective

inchurtha

  1. able to be X'ed where X is any of the senses of cuir, including in a wide variety of idioms, for example:
    1. tillable
    2. inchurtha i bhfeidhm (“enforceable”), from cuir i bhfeidhm (“to enforce”)
    3. inchurtha ar ais (“returnable”), from cuir ar ais (“to return”)
    4. inchurtha in iúl (“communicable”), from cuir in iúl (“to communicate”)
  2. being a match [with le ‘for’], comparable [with le ‘to’]

Declension

Declension of inchurtha
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative inchurtha inchurtha inchurtha
vocative inchurtha inchurtha
genitive inchurtha inchurtha inchurtha
dative inchurtha inchurtha inchurtha
Comparative níos inchurtha
Superlative is inchurtha

Mutation

Mutated forms of inchurtha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
inchurtha n-inchurtha hinchurtha not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “inchurtha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 101, page 40
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 482, page 154

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