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aistreach
aistreach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
aistreach (genitive singular masculine aistrigh, genitive singular feminine aistrí, plural aistreacha, comparative aistrí)
- (of person) journeying, roving; restless, unsettled
- (of place) out of the way, inconvenient
- transitive
Declension
Declension of aistreach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aistreach | aistreach¹ | aistreacha³ | |
| Vocative | aistrigh¹ | aistreach¹ | aistreacha | |
| Genitive | aistrigh¹ | aistrí (obsolete) aistrighe |
aistreacha | aistreach |
| Dative | aistreach² | aistreach¹ (archaic) aistrigh¹ |
aistreacha³ | |
| Comparative | aistrí (obsolete) aistrighe |
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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.
Antonyms
- (transitive): neamh-aistreach (“intransitive”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aistreach | n-aistreach | haistreach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aistreach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.