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ainmhianach
ainmhianach
Irish
Adjective
ainmhianach (genitive singular masculine ainmhianaigh, genitive singular feminine ainmhianaí, plural ainmhianacha, comparative ainmhianaí)
Declension
Declension of ainmhianach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainmhianach | ainmhianach¹ | ainmhianacha³ | |
| Vocative | ainmhianaigh¹ | ainmhianach¹ | ainmhianacha | |
| Genitive | ainmhianaigh¹ | ainmhianaí (obsolete) ainmhianaighe |
ainmhianacha | ainmhianach |
| Dative | ainmhianach² | ainmhianach¹ (archaic) ainmhianaigh¹ |
ainmhianacha³ | |
| Comparative | ainmhianaí (obsolete) ainmhianaighe |
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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 |
| ainmhianach | n-ainmhianach | hainmhianach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ainmhianach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.