ainéifeachtach

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“in-, un-, not”) +‎ éifeachtach (“efficacious, effective”) or ainéifeacht (“inefficacy”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainéifeachtach (genitive singular masculine ainéifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainéifeachtaí, plural ainéifeachtacha, comparative ainéifeachtaí)

1. ineffective

Declension

Declension of ainéifeachtach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtacha
vocative	ainéifeachtaigh		ainéifeachtacha
genitive		ainéifeachtaí	ainéifeachtacha	ainéifeachtach
dative	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtach; ainéifeachtaigh (archaic)	ainéifeachtacha
Comparative	níos ainéifeachtaí
Superlative	is ainéifeachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainéifeachtach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainéifeachtach	n-ainéifeachtach	hainéifeachtach	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) “ainéifeachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN