claonpháirteach

Irish

Etymology

From claon- (“crooked, sloping, inclined”) +‎ páirteach (“participating, sharing; sympathetic; partial”).

Adjective

claonpháirteach (genitive singular masculine claonpháirtigh, genitive singular feminine claonpháirtí, plural claonpháirteacha, comparative claonpháirtí)

1. partisan

Declension

Declension of claonpháirteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	claonpháirteach	chlaonpháirteach	claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha²
Vocative	chlaonpháirtigh		claonpháirteacha
Genitive		claonpháirtí	claonpháirteacha	claonpháirteach
Dative	claonpháirteach; chlaonpháirteach¹	chlaonpháirteach; chlaonpháirtigh (archaic)	claonpháirteacha; chlaonpháirteacha²
Comparative	níos claonpháirtí
Superlative	is claonpháirtí

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

Derived terms

• claonpháirteachas m (“collusion, partisanship”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
claonpháirteach	chlaonpháirteach	gclaonpháirteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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