ainiochtach

Irish

Etymology

From ainiocht (“cruelty”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainiochtach (genitive singular masculine ainiochtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainiochtaí, plural ainiochtacha, comparative ainiochtaí)

1. cruel

Declension

Declension of ainiochtach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	ainiochtach	ainiochtach	ainiochtacha
vocative	ainiochtaigh		ainiochtacha
genitive		ainiochtaí	strong noun	weak noun
			ainiochtacha	ainiochtach
dative	ainiochtach	ainiochtach; ainiochtaigh (archaic)	ainiochtacha
Comparative	níos ainiochtaí
Superlative	is ainiochtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainiochtach

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