ainsealach

Irish

Etymology

From ainseal +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ainsealach (genitive singular masculine ainsealaigh, genitive singular feminine ainsealaí, plural ainsealacha, comparative ainsealaí)

1. (medicine, of disease, pain etc.) chronic

Declension

Declension of ainsealach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainsealach	ainsealach	ainsealacha
vocative	ainsealaigh		ainsealacha
genitive		ainsealaí	ainsealacha	ainsealach
dative	ainsealach	ainsealach; ainsealaigh (archaic)	ainsealacha
Comparative	níos ainsealaí
Superlative	is ainsealaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainsealach

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