anchúinseach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editanchúinseach (genitive singular masculine anchúinsigh, genitive singular feminine anchúinsí, plural anchúinseacha, comparative anchúinsí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach | anchúinseacha | |
vocative | anchúinsigh | anchúinseacha | ||
genitive | anchúinsí | anchúinseacha | anchúinseach | |
dative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach; anchúinsigh (archaic) |
anchúinseacha | |
Comparative | níos anchúinsí | |||
Superlative | is anchúinsí |
Related terms
edit- anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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anchúinseach | n-anchúinseach | hanchúinseach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anchúinseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm