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anfhoirlinneach
anfhoirlinneach
Irish
Adjective
anfhoirlinneach (genitive singular masculine anfhoirlinnigh, genitive singular feminine anfhoirlinní, plural anfhoirlinneacha, comparative anfhoirlinní)
- Alternative form of anfhorlannach (“violent, oppressive”)
Declension
Declension of anfhoirlinneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anfhoirlinneach | anfhoirlinneach¹ | anfhoirlinneacha³ | |
| Vocative | anfhoirlinnigh¹ | anfhoirlinneach¹ | anfhoirlinneacha | |
| Genitive | anfhoirlinnigh¹ | anfhoirlinní (obsolete) anfhoirlinnighe |
anfhoirlinneacha | anfhoirlinneach |
| Dative | anfhoirlinneach² | anfhoirlinneach¹ (archaic) anfhoirlinnigh¹ |
anfhoirlinneacha³ | |
| Comparative | anfhoirlinní (obsolete) anfhoirlinnighe |
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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 |
| anfhoirlinneach | n-anfhoirlinneach | hanfhoirlinneach | t-anfhoirlinneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anfhoirlinneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.