aisnéalach

Irish

Etymology

From aisnéal (“swoon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aisnéalach (genitive singular masculine aisnéalaigh, genitive singular feminine aisnéalaí, plural aisnéalacha, not comparable)

1. swooning; subject to fainting fits

Declension

Declension of aisnéalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aisnéalach	aisnéalach	aisnéalacha
vocative	aisnéalaigh		aisnéalacha
genitive		aisnéalaí	aisnéalacha	aisnéalach
dative	aisnéalach	aisnéalach; aisnéalaigh (archaic)	aisnéalacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisnéalach

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