allaiseach

Irish

Etymology

From alla- +‎ aiseach (“axial”).

Adjective

allaiseach (genitive singular masculine allaisigh, genitive singular feminine allaisí, plural allaiseacha, not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) abaxial

Declension

Declension of allaiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	allaiseach	allaiseach	allaiseacha
vocative	allaisigh		allaiseacha
genitive		allaisí	allaiseacha	allaiseach
dative	allaiseach	allaiseach; allaisigh (archaic)	allaiseacha
Comparative	níos allaisí
Superlative	is allaisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of allaiseach

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