acrastaic

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís).

Noun

acrastaic f (genitive singular acrastaice, nominative plural acrastaicí)

1. acrostic

Declension

Declension of acrastaic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acrastaic acrastaicí vocative a acrastaic a acrastaicí genitive acrastaice acrastaicí dative acrastaic acrastaicí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an acrastaic na hacrastaicí genitive na hacrastaice na n-acrastaicí dative leis an acrastaic don acrastaic leis na hacrastaicí

Related terms

• acrastach (“acrostic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acrastaic

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acrastaic	n-acrastaic	hacrastaic	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) “acrastaic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “acrastaic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024