taitneamhach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • taithneamhach, taithneamhnach, taithniomhach, taitneamach[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish taitnemach.[2] By surface analysis, taitneamh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

taitneamhach (genitive singular masculine taitneamhaigh, genitive singular feminine taitneamhaí, plural taitneamhacha, comparative taitneamhaí)

  1. pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, enjoyable, delightful
  2. likable, congenial, endearing
  3. appealing, taking (alluring, attractive)
  4. bright, resplendent
    Synonym: geal

Declension

Declension of taitneamhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative taitneamhach thaitneamhach taitneamhacha;
thaitneamhacha2
vocative thaitneamhaigh taitneamhacha
genitive taitneamhaí taitneamhacha taitneamhach
dative taitneamhach;
thaitneamhach1 		thaitneamhach;
thaitneamhaigh (archaic) 		taitneamhacha;
thaitneamhacha2
Comparative níos taitneamhaí
Superlative is taitneamhaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of taitneamhach
radical lenition eclipsis
taitneamhach thaitneamhach dtaitneamhach

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

References

  1. ^ “taitneamhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taitnemach, taithnemach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 240, page 121

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