tréimhseach
Irish
Etymology
From tréimhse (“period, time”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
tréimhseach (genitive singular masculine tréimhsigh, genitive singular feminine tréimhsí, plural tréimhseacha, comparative tréimhsí)
- Synonym of tréimhsiúil
- seasonal
- Synonym: séasúrach
Declension
Declension of tréimhseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tréimhseach | thréimhseach | tréimhseacha; thréimhseacha² | |
Vocative | thréimhsigh | tréimhseacha | ||
Genitive | tréimhsí | tréimhseacha | tréimhseach | |
Dative | tréimhseach; thréimhseach¹ | thréimhseach; thréimhsigh (archaic) | tréimhseacha; thréimhseacha² | |
Comparative | níos tréimhsí | |||
Superlative | is tréimhsí |
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
- tréimhseachán m (“periodical”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tréimhseach | thréimhseach | dtréimhseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tréimhsiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tréimhseach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.