Pailéiliteach
Irish
Etymology
From pailé- (“palaeo-”) + -lit (“-lith”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
Pailéiliteach (genitive singular masculine Pailéilitigh, genitive singular feminine Pailéilití, plural Pailéiliteacha, not comparable)
- Palaeolithic
Declension
Declension of Pailéiliteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Pailéiliteach | Phailéiliteach | Pailéiliteacha; Phailéiliteacha² | |
| Vocative | Phailéilitigh | Pailéiliteacha | ||
| Genitive | Pailéilití | Pailéiliteacha | Pailéiliteach | |
| Dative | Pailéiliteach; Phailéiliteach¹ | Phailéiliteach; Phailéilitigh (archaic) | Pailéiliteacha; Phailéiliteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Pailéilití | |||
| Superlative | is Pailéilití | |||
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 |
| Pailéiliteach | Phailéiliteach | bPailéiliteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Pailéiliteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Pailéiliteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.