idéalach
Irish
Etymology
From idéal (“ideal”, noun) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
idéalach (genitive singular masculine idéalaigh, genitive singular feminine idéalaí, plural idéalacha, comparative idéalaí)
- ideal
Declension
Declension of idéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | idéalach | idéalach | idéalacha | |
| Vocative | idéalaigh | idéalacha | ||
| Genitive | idéalaí | idéalacha | idéalach | |
| Dative | idéalach | idéalach; idéalaigh (archaic) | idéalacha | |
| Comparative | níos idéalaí | |||
| Superlative | is idéalaí | |||
Derived terms
- idéalachas (“idealism”)
Related terms
- idéalacht (“ideality”)
- idéalaí (“idealist”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| idéalach | n-idéalach | hidéalach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "idéalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.