ginideach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish genitiu +‎ -ach.[1] Apparently a modern formation as the only word for “genitive” attested before the 20th century was giniúnach (older spelling geineamhnach).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ginideach (genitive singular masculine ginidigh, genitive singular feminine ginidí, plural ginideacha, not comparable)

  1. genitive

Declension

Declension of ginideach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ginideach ghinideach ginideacha;
ghinideacha2
vocative ghinidigh ginideacha
genitive ginidí ginideacha ginideach
dative ginideach;
ghinideach1 		ghinideach;
ghinidigh (archaic) 		ginideacha;
ghinideacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

  • giniúnach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ginideach
radical lenition eclipsis
ginideach ghinideach nginideach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genitiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ “ginideach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish genitiu +‎ -ach.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcinɪtʲəx/

Adjective

ginideach

  1. genitive

Declension

Declension of ginideach (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative ginideach ghinideach ginideach
genitive ghinidich ginidiche, ginidich ginideach
dative ginideach ghinidich ginideach
vocative ghinidich ghinideach ginideach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ginideach
radical lenition
ginideach ghinideach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “genitiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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