alcaileach

Irish

Etymology

From alcaile (“alkali”, noun) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alcaileach (genitive singular masculine alcailigh, genitive singular feminine alcailí, plural alcaileacha, comparative alcailí)

  1. (chemistry) alkaline

Declension

Declension of alcaileach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative alcaileach alcaileach alcaileacha
vocative alcailigh alcaileacha
genitive alcailí alcaileacha alcaileach
dative alcaileach alcaileach;
alcailigh (archaic) 		alcaileacha
Comparative níos alcailí
Superlative is alcailí

Derived terms

  • cadhnra alcaileach m, ceallra alcaileach m (“alkaline battery”)
  • cré-alcaileach (“alkaline-earth”, adjective)
  • fo-alcaileach (“subalkalic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alcaileach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alcaileach n-alcaileach halcaileach not applicable

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

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