aimirneach

Irish

Etymology

From aimirne (“craving for food”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aimirneach (genitive singular masculine aimirnigh, genitive singular feminine aimirní, plural aimirneacha, comparative aimirní)

1. ravenous

Declension

Declension of aimirneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aimirneach	aimirneach	aimirneacha
vocative	aimirnigh		aimirneacha
genitive		aimirní	aimirneacha	aimirneach
dative	aimirneach	aimirneach; aimirnigh (archaic)	aimirneacha
Comparative	níos aimirní
Superlative	is aimirní

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimirneach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimirneach	n-aimirneach	haimirneach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aimirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN