Bailteach
Irish
Adjective
Bailteach (genitive singular masculine Bailtigh, genitive singular feminine Bailtí, plural Bailteacha, not comparable)
- Alternative form of Baltach (“Baltic”)
Declension
Declension of Bailteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Bailteach | Bhailteach | Bailteacha; Bhailteacha² | |
| Vocative | Bhailtigh | Bailteacha | ||
| Genitive | Bailtí | Bailteacha | Bailteach | |
| Dative | Bailteach; Bhailteach¹ | Bhailteach; Bhailtigh (archaic) | Bailteacha; Bhailteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Bailtí | |||
| Superlative | is Bailtí | |||
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 |
| Bailteach | Bhailteach | mBailteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “Bailteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.