dailtíneach

Irish

Etymology

From dailtín (“impudent fellow, cad”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dailtíneach (genitive singular masculine dailtínigh, genitive singular feminine dailtíní, plural dailtíneacha, comparative dailtíní)

impudent, caddish

Declension

Declension of dailtíneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha²
Vocative	dhailtínigh	dhailtíneach	dailtíneacha
Genitive	dhailtínigh	dailtíní	dailtíneacha	dailtíneach
Dative	dailtíneach; dhailtíneach¹	dhailtíneach; dhailtínigh (archaic)	dailtíneacha; dhailtíneacha²
Comparative	níos dailtíní
Superlative	is dailtíní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

dailtíneacht f (“impudence, caddishness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dailtíneach	dhailtíneach	ndailtíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dailtíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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