cuisneach
Irish
Adjective
cuisneach (genitive singular masculine cuisgnigh, genitive singular feminine cuisní, plural cuisneacha, comparative cuisní)
Declension
Declension of cuisenach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cuisenach | chuisenach | cuisenacha; chuisenacha² | |
| Vocative | chuisnigh | cuisenacha | ||
| Genitive | cuisní | cuisenacha | cuisenach | |
| Dative | cuisenach; chuisenach¹ |
chuisenach; chuisnigh (archaic) |
cuisenacha; chuisenacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cuisní | |||
| Superlative | is cuisní | |||
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 |
| cuisneach | chuisneach | gcuisneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cuisneach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuisneach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “cuisneach” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 212.
- "cuisneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19
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