pointeáilte

Irish

Alternative forms

• poinnteálta^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠiːn̠ʲtʲɑːl̠ʲtʲə/

Participle

pointeáilte

1. past participle of pointeáil

Adjective

pointeáilte

1. clean-cut, dapper, fastidious (as in painstaking), neat (of person), smart, spruce, tidy
2. particular, punctilious
3. punctual (prompt)

   Synonyms: féichiúnta, poncúil, spriocúil

4. precise (exact, accurate; of person)

   Synonyms: cruinn, beacht

5. exact (careful with details)
6. delicate (especially of sports movement etc)

Declension

	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

Declension of 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

1. 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