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adhnáireach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish adnáirech (very modest, adjective), from adnáire f (great shame), from ad- + náire f (shame). By surface analysis, adhnáire (shame; modesty) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)

  1. shameful
  2. modest

Declension

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Declension 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

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Mutated forms of adhnáireach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnáireach n-adhnáireach hadhnáireach 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

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