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
- patent (explicit and obvious)
Declension
Declension of paiteanta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| paiteanta | phaiteanta | bpaiteanta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “paiteanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “paiteanta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “paiteanta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.