Tibéadach

Irish

Etymology

From An Tibéad (“Tibet”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Tibéadach (genitive singular masculine Tibéadaigh, genitive singular feminine Tibéadaí, plural Tibéadacha, not comparable)

1. Tibetan

Declension

Declension of Tibéadach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Tibéadach	Thibéadach	Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha²
Vocative	Thibéadaigh		Tibéadacha
Genitive		Tibéadaí	Tibéadacha	Tibéadach
Dative	Tibéadach; Thibéadach¹	Thibéadach; Thibéadaigh (archaic)	Tibéadacha; Thibéadacha²
Comparative	níos Tibéadaí
Superlative	is Tibéadaí

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

• Sín-Tibéadach (“Sino-Tibetan”, adjective)

Related terms

• Tibéidis f (“the Tibetan language”)

Noun

Tibéadach m (genitive singular Tibéadaigh, nominative plural Tibéadaigh)

1. Tibetan (person)

Declension

Declension of Tibéadach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Tibéadach Tibéadaigh Vocative a Thibéadaigh a Thibéadacha Genitive Tibéadaigh Tibéadach Dative Tibéadach Tibéadaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Tibéadach na Tibéadaigh Genitive an Tibéadaigh na dTibéadach Dative leis an Tibéadach don Tibéadach leis na Tibéadaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Tibéadach	Thibéadach	dTibéadach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Tibéadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Tibetan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tibéadach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm