éifeachtach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish éifechtach (“effective, efficacious, efficient; weighty, important”); synchronically, éifeacht (“force, significance; efficacy, effect; value, importance; sense, substance; achievement, success”) + -ach.
Adjective
éifeachtach (genitive singular masculine éifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine éifeachtaí, plural éifeachtacha, comparative éifeachtaí)
- forceful, significant; efficacious, effective; important
- great, powerful; highly capable
Declension
Declension of éifeachtach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | éifeachtach | éifeachtach | éifeachtacha | |
Vocative | éifeachtaigh | éifeachtacha | ||
Genitive | éifeachtaí | éifeachtacha | éifeachtach | |
Dative | éifeachtach | éifeachtach; éifeachtaigh (archaic) |
éifeachtacha | |
Comparative | níos éifeachtaí | |||
Superlative | is éifeachtaí |
Derived terms
- ainéifeachtach (“ineffective”, adjective)
- neamhéifeachtach (“ineffective; inefficient”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éifeachtach | n-éifeachtach | héifeachtach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "éifeachtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “éifechtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.