pointeáilte
Irish
Alternative forms
- poinnteálta[1]
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲɑːl̠ʲtʲə/
Participle
pointeáilte
- past participle of pointeáil
Adjective
pointeáilte
- clean-cut, dapper, fastidious (as in painstaking), neat (of person), smart, spruce, tidy
- particular, punctilious
- punctual (prompt)
- Synonyms: féichiúnta, poncúil, spriocúil
- precise (exact, accurate; of person)
- exact (careful with details)
- delicate (especially of sports movement etc)
Declension
Declension of pointeáilte
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | pointeáilte | phointeáilte | pointeáilte; phointeáilte² | |
| Vocative | phointeáilte | pointeáilte | ||
| Genitive | pointeáilte | pointeáilte | pointeáilte | |
| Dative | pointeáilte; phointeáilte¹ |
phointeáilte | pointeáilte; phointeáilte² | |
| Comparative | níos pointeáilte | |||
| Superlative | is pointeáilte | |||
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 |
| pointeáilte | phointeáilte | bpointeáilte |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “poinnteálta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pointeáilte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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