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ainmheach
ainmheach
Irish
Adjective
ainmheach (genitive singular masculine ainmhigh, genitive singular feminine ainmhí, plural ainmheacha, comparative ainmhí)
- Alternative form of ainimheach (“disfigured”)
Declension
Declension of ainmheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainmheach | ainmheach¹ | ainmheacha³ | |
| Vocative | ainmhigh¹ | ainmheach¹ | ainmheacha | |
| Genitive | ainmhigh¹ | ainmhí (obsolete) ainmhighe |
ainmheacha | ainmheach |
| Dative | ainmheach² | ainmheach¹ (archaic) ainmhigh¹ |
ainmheacha³ | |
| Comparative | ainmhí (obsolete) ainmhighe |
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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 |
| ainmheach | n-ainmheach | hainmheach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ainmheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.