ainriochtán

Irish

Alternative forms

• anrachtán

Etymology

From ainriocht (“evil state; wretched condition; mistaken appearance”) +‎ -án.

Noun

ainriochtán m (genitive singular ainriochtáin, nominative plural ainriochtáin)

1. sorry-looking creature
2. miserly person

Declension

Declension of ainriochtán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainriochtán ainriochtáin vocative a ainriochtáin a ainriochtána genitive ainriochtáin ainriochtán dative ainriochtán ainriochtáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ainriochtán na hainriochtáin genitive an ainriochtáin na n-ainriochtán dative leis an ainriochtán don ainriochtán leis na hainriochtáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainriochtán

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