ainbhéasach

Irish

Etymology

From ainbhéas (“vice”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainbhéasach (genitive singular masculine ainbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine ainbhéasaí, plural ainbhéasacha, comparative ainbhéasaí)

1. vicious

Declension

Declension of ainbhéasach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasacha
vocative	ainbhéasaigh		ainbhéasacha
genitive		ainbhéasaí	strong noun	weak noun
			ainbhéasacha	ainbhéasach
dative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach; ainbhéasaigh (archaic)	ainbhéasacha
Comparative	níos ainbhéasaí
Superlative	is ainbhéasaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbhéasach

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