aisiompaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From aisiompaigh (“reverse; invert; retrogress”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aisiompaitheach (genitive singular masculine aisiompaithigh, genitive singular feminine aisiompaithí, plural aisiompaitheacha, comparative aisiompaithí)

1. retrogressive

Declension

Declension of aisiompaitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheacha
vocative	aisiompaithigh		aisiompaitheacha
genitive		aisiompaithí	aisiompaitheacha	aisiompaitheach
dative	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheach; aisiompaithigh (archaic)	aisiompaitheacha
Comparative	níos aisiompaithí
Superlative	is aisiompaithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisiompaitheach

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