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anfaiseach
anfaiseach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
anfaiseach (genitive singular masculine anfaisigh, genitive singular feminine anfaisí, plural anfaiseacha, comparative anfaisí)
Declension
Declension of anfaiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anfaiseach | anfaiseach¹ | anfaiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | anfaisigh¹ | anfaiseach¹ | anfaiseacha | |
| Genitive | anfaisigh¹ | anfaisí (obsolete) anfaisighe |
anfaiseacha | anfaiseach |
| Dative | anfaiseach² | anfaiseach¹ (archaic) anfaisigh¹ |
anfaiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | anfaisí (obsolete) anfaisighe |
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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 |
| anfaiseach | n-anfaiseach | hanfaiseach | t-anfaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anfaiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.