ainmhianach

Irish

Etymology

From ainmhian (“passion, lust”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainmhianach (genitive singular masculine ainmhianaigh, genitive singular feminine ainmhianaí, plural ainmhianacha, comparative ainmhianaí)

1. passionate, lustful

Declension

Declension of ainmhianach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainmhianach	ainmhianach	ainmhianacha
vocative	ainmhianaigh		ainmhianacha
genitive		ainmhianaí	ainmhianacha	ainmhianach
dative	ainmhianach	ainmhianach; ainmhianaigh (archaic)	ainmhianacha
Comparative	níos ainmhianaí
Superlative	is ainmhianaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainmhianach

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