baictriach
Irish
Adjective
baictriach (genitive singular masculine baictriach, genitive singular feminine baictriaiche, plural baictriacha, not comparable)
- Bactrian
Declension
Declension of baictriach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | baictriach | bhaictriach | baictriacha; bhaictriacha² | |
| Vocative | bhaictriach | baictriacha | ||
| Genitive | baictriaiche | baictriacha | baictriach | |
| Dative | baictriach; bhaictriach¹ | bhaictriach | baictriacha; bhaictriacha² | |
| Comparative | níos baictriaiche | |||
| Superlative | is baictriaiche | |||
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
- camall Baictriach (“Bactrian camel”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| baictriach | bhaictriach | mbaictriach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "baictriach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.