aischéimnitheach

Irish

Etymology

From aischéimnigh (“step back; regress”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aischéimnitheach (genitive singular masculine aischéimnithigh, genitive singular feminine aischéimnithí, plural aischéimnitheacha, comparative aischéimnithí)

1. regressive

Declension

Declension of aischéimnitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheacha
vocative	aischéimnithigh		aischéimnitheacha
genitive		aischéimnithí	aischéimnitheacha	aischéimnitheach
dative	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheach; aischéimnithigh (archaic)	aischéimnitheacha
Comparative	níos aischéimnithí
Superlative	is aischéimnithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aischéimnitheach

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