anástach

Irish

Etymology

From anásta +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anástach (genitive singular masculine anástaigh, genitive singular feminine anástaí, plural anástacha, comparative anástaí)

1. Alternative form of anásta (“needy; clumsy, awkward”)

Declension

Declension of anástach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anástach	anástach	anástacha
vocative	anástaigh		anástacha
genitive		anástaí	anástacha	anástach
dative	anástach	anástach; anástaigh (archaic)	anástacha
Comparative	níos anástaí
Superlative	is anástaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anástach

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