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ainmhíoch
ainmhíoch
Irish
Adjective
ainmhíoch (genitive singular masculine ainmhíoch, genitive singular feminine ainmhíche, plural ainmhíocha, comparative ainmhíche)
Declension
Declension of ainmhíoch
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainmhíoch | ainmhíoch¹ | ainmhíocha³ | |
| Vocative | ainmhíoch¹ | ainmhíoch¹ | ainmhíocha | |
| Genitive | ainmhíoch¹ | ainmhíche | ainmhíocha | ainmhíoch |
| Dative | ainmhíoch² | ainmhíoch¹ | ainmhíocha³ | |
| Comparative | ainmhíche | |||
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
- ainmhíocht f (“animal nature; brutishness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainmhíoch | n-ainmhíoch | hainmhíoch | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ainmhíoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.