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aisfhreagrach
aisfhreagrach
Irish
Adjective
aisfhreagrach (genitive singular masculine aisfhreagraigh, genitive singular feminine aisfhreagraí, plural aisfhreagracha, comparative aisfhreagraí)
- back-answering, impudent
Declension
Declension of aisfhreagrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aisfhreagrach | aisfhreagrach¹ | aisfhreagracha³ | |
| Vocative | aisfhreagraigh¹ | aisfhreagrach¹ | aisfhreagracha | |
| Genitive | aisfhreagraigh¹ | aisfhreagraí (obsolete) aisfhreagraighe |
aisfhreagracha | aisfhreagrach |
| Dative | aisfhreagrach² | aisfhreagrach¹ (archaic) aisfhreagraigh¹ |
aisfhreagracha³ | |
| Comparative | aisfhreagraí (obsolete) aisfhreagraighe |
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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 |
| aisfhreagrach | n-aisfhreagrach | haisfhreagrach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aisfhreagrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.