Sibéarach
Irish
Etymology
From an tSibéir (“Siberia”) + -ach.
Adjective
Sibéarach (genitive singular masculine Sibéaraigh, genitive singular feminine Sibéaraí, plural Sibéaracha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Sibéarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Sibéarach | Shibéarach | Sibéaracha; Shibéaracha² | |
| Vocative | Shibéaraigh | Sibéaracha | ||
| Genitive | Sibéaraí | Sibéaracha | Sibéarach | |
| Dative | Sibéarach; Shibéarach¹ |
Shibéarach; Shibéaraigh (archaic) |
Sibéaracha; Shibéaracha² | |
| Comparative | níos Sibéaraí | |||
| Superlative | is Sibéaraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Declension
Declension of Sibéarach
First declension
|
Bare forms:
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Sibéarach | Shibéarach after an, tSibéarach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Sibéarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Sibéarach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.