aisfhreagrach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aisfhreagra (“back answer, retort”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aisfhreagrach (genitive singular masculine aisfhreagraigh, genitive singular feminine aisfhreagraí, plural aisfhreagracha, comparative aisfhreagraí)
- back-answering, impudent
Declension
[edit]Declension of aisfhreagrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aisfhreagrach | aisfhreagrach | aisfhreagracha | |
| Vocative | aisfhreagraigh | aisfhreagracha | ||
| Genitive | aisfhreagraí | aisfhreagracha | aisfhreagrach | |
| Dative | aisfhreagrach | aisfhreagrach; aisfhreagraigh (archaic) |
aisfhreagracha | |
| Comparative | níos aisfhreagraí | |||
| Superlative | is aisfhreagraí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aisfhreagrach | n-aisfhreagrach | haisfhreagrach | 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) “aisfhreagrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN