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anacaireach
anacaireach
Irish
Adjective
anacaireach (genitive singular masculine anacairigh, genitive singular feminine anacairí, plural anacaireacha, comparative anacairí)
- Alternative form of anacrach (“distressed; distressing”)
Declension
Declension of anacaireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anacaireach | anacaireach¹ | anacaireacha³ | |
| Vocative | anacairigh¹ | anacaireach¹ | anacaireacha | |
| Genitive | anacairigh¹ | anacairí (obsolete) anacairighe |
anacaireacha | anacaireach |
| Dative | anacaireach² | anacaireach¹ (archaic) anacairigh¹ |
anacaireacha³ | |
| Comparative | anacairí (obsolete) anacairighe |
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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 |
| anacaireach | n-anacaireach | hanacaireach | t-anacaireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anacaireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.