útamálach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From útamáil (“(act of) fumbling, groping, bungling; (act of) pottering”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]útamálach (genitive singular masculine útamálaigh, genitive singular feminine útamálaí, plural útamálacha, comparative útamálaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | útamálach | útamálach | útamálacha | |
| vocative | útamálaigh | útamálacha | ||
| genitive | útamálaí | útamálacha | útamálach | |
| dative | útamálach | útamálach; útamálaigh (archaic) |
útamálacha | |
| Comparative | níos útamálaí | |||
| Superlative | is útamálaí | |||
Synonyms
[edit]- (fumbling): breallach, liobarnach, liopasta, místuama, tútach
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| útamálach | n-útamálach | hútamálach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útamálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fumbling”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024