míchúirtéiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From míchúirtéis + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]míchúirtéiseach (genitive singular masculine míchúirtéisigh, genitive singular feminine míchúirtéisí, plural míchúirtéiseacha, comparative míchúirtéisí)
- discourteous
- Synonyms: drochbhéasach, drochmhúinte, mímhúinte, neamhchúirtéiseach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | míchúirtéiseach | mhíchúirtéiseach | míchúirtéiseacha; mhíchúirtéiseacha2 | |
| vocative | mhíchúirtéisigh | míchúirtéiseacha | ||
| genitive | míchúirtéisí | míchúirtéiseacha | míchúirtéiseach | |
| dative | míchúirtéiseach; mhíchúirtéiseach1 |
mhíchúirtéiseach; mhíchúirtéisigh (archaic) |
míchúirtéiseacha; mhíchúirtéiseacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos míchúirtéisí | |||
| Superlative | is míchúirtéisí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| míchúirtéiseach | mhíchúirtéiseach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míchúirtéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “míchúirtéiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “míchúirtéiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024