neamhchiontach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- neamhchionntach, neamh-chionntach, neamh-chiontach, neimhchionntach, neimh-chionntach, neimhchiontach, neimh-chiontach (superseded)[1]
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]neamhchiontach (genitive singular masculine neamhchiontaigh, genitive singular feminine neamhchiontaí, plural neamhchiontacha, comparative neamhchiontaí)
- innocent
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
- « Mo náire thú ! » arsa Máire, « b’fhéidir go raibh an cailín bocht neamhchionntach ».
- “Shame on you,” said Mary, “maybe the poor girl was innocent.”
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | neamhchiontach | neamhchiontach | neamhchiontacha | |
| vocative | neamhchiontaigh | neamhchiontacha | ||
| genitive | neamhchiontaí | neamhchiontacha | neamhchiontach | |
| dative | neamhchiontach | neamhchiontach; neamhchiontaigh (archaic) |
neamhchiontacha | |
| Comparative | níos neamhchiontaí | |||
| Superlative | is neamhchiontaí | |||
References
[edit]- ^ “neamhchiontach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “neaṁ-ċionntaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 512
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “neamhchiontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN