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ainfhiosrach
ainfhiosrach
Irish
Adjective
ainfhiosrach (genitive singular masculine ainfhiosraigh, genitive singular feminine ainfhiosraí, plural ainfhiosracha, comparative ainfhiosraí)
Declension
Declension of ainfhiosrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainfhiosrach | ainfhiosrach¹ | ainfhiosracha³ | |
| Vocative | ainfhiosraigh¹ | ainfhiosrach¹ | ainfhiosracha | |
| Genitive | ainfhiosraigh¹ | ainfhiosraí (obsolete) ainfhiosraighe |
ainfhiosracha | ainfhiosrach |
| Dative | ainfhiosrach² | ainfhiosrach¹ (archaic) ainfhiosraigh¹ |
ainfhiosracha³ | |
| Comparative | ainfhiosraí (obsolete) ainfhiosraighe |
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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.
Related terms
- ainfhiosracht f (“over-curiosity”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainfhiosrach | n-ainfhiosrach | hainfhiosrach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ainfhiosrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Adjective
ainfhiosrach (comparative ainfhiosraiche)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9