achrannaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From achrann (“tangled growth; tangle, entanglement; (act of) quarrelling, strife”).

Noun

achrannaí f (genitive singular achrannaí)

1. intricateness
2. quarrelsomeness
3. fractiousness (of group)
4. deviousness, trickiness

Declension

Declension of achrannaí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative achrannaí vocative a achrannaí genitive achrannaí dative achrannaí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an achrannaí genitive na hachrannaí dative leis an achrannaí don achrannaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

achrannaí

1. inflection of achrannach (“entangled, intricate; quarrelsome; rocky, difficult”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• achrannaighe (superseded)

Mutation

Mutated forms of achrannaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
achrannaí	n-achrannaí	hachrannaí	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

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “achrannaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “achrannaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fractiousness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024