adhnáireach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish adnáirech (“very modest”, adjective), from adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shame”). By surface analysis, adhnáire (“shame; modesty”) + -ach.
Adjective
editadhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)
Declension
editDeclension of adhnáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhnáireach | adhnáireach | adhnáireacha | |
| Vocative | adhnáirigh | adhnáireacha | ||
| Genitive | adhnáirí | adhnáireacha | adhnáireach | |
| Dative | adhnáireach | adhnáireach; adhnáirigh (archaic) |
adhnáireacha | |
| Comparative | níos adhnáirí | |||
| Superlative | is adhnáirí | |||
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhnáireach | n-adhnáireach | hadhnáireach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhnáireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adnáirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhnáireach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm