dé-aistreach
Irish
Etymology
From dé- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + aistreach (“transitive”).
Adjective
dé-aistreach (genitive singular masculine dé-aistrigh, genitive singular feminine dé-aistrí, plural dé-aistreacha, not comparable)
- (grammar) ambitransitive
Declension
Declension of dé-aistreach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha² | |
| Vocative | dhé-aistrigh | dé-aistreacha | ||
| Genitive | dé-aistrí | dé-aistreacha | dé-aistreach | |
| Dative | dé-aistreach; dhé-aistreach¹ | dhé-aistreach; dhé-aistrigh (archaic) | dé-aistreacha; dhé-aistreacha² | |
| 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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dé-aistreach | dhé-aistreach | ndé-aistreach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ambitransitive” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.