míleata
Irish
Alternative forms
- míleadhta, míliota (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish míleta; by surface analysis, míle (“soldier”) + -ta.
Declension
Declension of míleata
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | míleata | mhíleata | míleata; mhíleata² | |
| Vocative | mhíleata | míleata | ||
| Genitive | míleata | míleata | míleata | |
| Dative | míleata; mhíleata¹ |
mhíleata | míleata; mhíleata² | |
| Comparative | níos míleata | |||
| Superlative | is míleata | |||
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 |
| míleata | mhíleata | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “míleata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “míleta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “míleaḋta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míleata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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