agrach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From agair (“plead; avenge”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]agrach (genitive singular masculine agraigh, genitive singular feminine agraí, plural agracha, comparative agraí)
- pleading, appealing
- Synonym: impíoch
- vindictive
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | agrach | agrach | agracha | |
| vocative | agraigh | agracha | ||
| genitive | agraí | agracha | agrach | |
| dative | agrach | agrach; agraigh (archaic) |
agracha | |
| Comparative | níos agraí | |||
| Superlative | is agraí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| agrach | n-agrach | hagrach | 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) “agrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “agrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “agrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024