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aistreánach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From aistreán (out-of-the-way place; inconvenience) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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aistreánach (genitive singular masculine aistreánaigh, genitive singular feminine aistreánaí, plural aistreánacha, comparative aistreánaí)

  1. (of place)
    1. out of the way, inconvenient, un-get-at-able, difficult to get at
      Synonym: aistreach
    2. rugged
  2. migratory (of bird, etc.)
    Synonym: imirceach

Declension

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Declension of aistreánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine
nominative aistreánach aistreánach aistreánacha
vocative aistreánaigh aistreánacha
genitive aistreánaí strong noun weak noun
aistreánacha aistreánach
dative aistreánach aistreánach;
aistreánaigh (archaic)
aistreánacha
Comparative níos aistreánaí
Superlative is aistreánaí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aistreánach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aistreánach n-aistreánach haistreánach 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

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