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ainbhtheanach
ainbhtheanach
Irish
Adjective
ainbhtheanach (genitive singular masculine ainbhtheanaigh, genitive singular feminine ainbhtheanaí, plural ainbhtheanacha, comparative ainbhtheanaí)
- Alternative form of anfach (“stormy, rough, tempestuous”)
Declension
Declension of ainbhtheanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainbhtheanach | ainbhtheanach¹ | ainbhtheanacha³ | |
| Vocative | ainbhtheanaigh¹ | ainbhtheanach¹ | ainbhtheanacha | |
| Genitive | ainbhtheanaigh¹ | ainbhtheanaí (obsolete) ainbhtheanaighe |
ainbhtheanacha | ainbhtheanach |
| Dative | ainbhtheanach² | ainbhtheanach¹ (archaic) ainbhtheanaigh¹ |
ainbhtheanacha³ | |
| Comparative | ainbhtheanaí (obsolete) ainbhtheanaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainbhtheanach | n-ainbhtheanach | hainbhtheanach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ainbhthe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.