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anfach
anfach
Irish
Alternative forms
- ainbhtheanach
- anfadhach
Adjective
anfach (genitive singular masculine anfaigh, genitive singular feminine anfaí, plural anfacha, comparative anfaí)
Declension
Declension of anfach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anfach | anfach¹ | anfacha³ | |
| Vocative | anfaigh¹ | anfach¹ | anfacha | |
| Genitive | anfaigh¹ | anfaí (obsolete) anfaighe |
anfacha | anfach |
| Dative | anfach² | anfach¹ (archaic) anfaigh¹ |
anfacha³ | |
| Comparative | anfaí (obsolete) anfaighe |
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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.
Synonyms
Related terms
- anfacht f (“storminess”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anfach | n-anfach | hanfach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anfach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.