Tibéadach
Irish
Etymology
From An Tibéad (“Tibet”) + -ach.
Adjective
Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Tibéadaí, plural Tibéadacha, not comparable)
- Tibetan
Declension
Declension of Tibéadach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Tibéadach | Thibéadach | Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha² | |
Vocative | Thibéadaigh | Tibéadacha | ||
Genitive | Tibéadaí | Tibéadacha | Tibéadach | |
Dative | Tibéadach; Thibéadach¹ | Thibéadach; Thibéadaigh (archaic) | Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha² | |
Comparative | níos Tibéadaí | |||
Superlative | is Tibéadaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- Sín-Tibéadach (“Sino-Tibetan”, adjective)
Related terms
- Tibéidis f (“the Tibetan language”)
Noun
Tibéadach m (genitive singular Tibéadaigh, nominative plural Tibéadaigh)
- Tibetan (person)
Declension
Declension of Tibéadach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Tibéadach | Thibéadach | dTibéadach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Tibéadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Tibetan” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “Tibéadach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.