amhainseach

Irish

Etymology

From amhainse (“sharpness; astuteness”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

amhainseach (genitive singular masculine amhainsigh, genitive singular feminine amhainsí, plural amhainseacha, comparative amhainsí) (literary)

1. sharp
2. astute

Declension

Declension of amhainseach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	amhainseach	amhainseach	amhainseacha
vocative	amhainsigh		amhainseacha
genitive		amhainsí	strong noun	weak noun
			amhainseacha	amhainseach
dative	amhainseach	amhainseach; amhainsigh (archaic)	amhainseacha
Comparative	níos amhainsí
Superlative	is amhainsí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhainseach

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