paiteanta

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patent, from Old French patent, from Latin patēns (“open, lying open”), present participle of pateō (“I lie open”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpˠatʲən̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

paiteanta

  1. patent (explicit and obvious)
  2. clear; neat, exact

Declension

Declension of paiteanta
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative paiteanta phaiteanta paiteanta;
phaiteanta2
vocative phaiteanta paiteanta
genitive paiteanta paiteanta paiteanta
dative paiteanta;
phaiteanta1 		phaiteanta paiteanta;
phaiteanta2
Comparative níos paiteanta
Superlative is paiteanta

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

Descendants

  • → Yola: parcheka

Mutation

Mutated forms of paiteanta
radical lenition eclipsis
paiteanta phaiteanta bpaiteanta

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

Further reading

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