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aingceiseach
aingceiseach
Irish
Adjective
aingceiseach (genitive singular masculine aingceisigh, genitive singular feminine aingceisí, plural aingceiseacha, comparative aingceisí)
- Alternative form of ainciseach (“malignant; peevish”)
Declension
Declension of aingceiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aingceiseach | aingceiseach¹ | aingceiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | aingceisigh¹ | aingceiseach¹ | aingceiseacha | |
| Genitive | aingceisigh¹ | aingceisí (obsolete) aingceisighe |
aingceiseacha | aingceiseach |
| Dative | aingceiseach² | aingceiseach¹ (archaic) aingceisigh¹ |
aingceiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | aingceisí (obsolete) aingceisighe |
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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 |
| aingceiseach | n-aingceiseach | haingceiseach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aingceis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.