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anafaiseach
anafaiseach
Irish
Adjective
anafaiseach (genitive singular masculine anafaisigh, genitive singular feminine anafaisí, plural anafaiseacha, comparative anafaisí)
- Alternative form of anfaiseach (“dismayed”)
Declension
Declension of anafaiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anafaiseach | anafaiseach¹ | anafaiseacha³ | |
| Vocative | anafaisigh¹ | anafaiseach¹ | anafaiseacha | |
| Genitive | anafaisigh¹ | anafaisí (obsolete) anafaisighe |
anafaiseacha | anafaiseach |
| Dative | anafaiseach² | anafaiseach¹ (archaic) anafaisigh¹ |
anafaiseacha³ | |
| Comparative | anafaisí (obsolete) anafaisighe |
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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 |
| anafaiseach | n-anafaiseach | hanafaiseach | t-anafaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anafais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.