anailgéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”) (from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)) + -ach.

Adjective

anailgéiseach (genitive singular masculine anailgéisigh, genitive singular feminine anailgéisí, plural anailgéiseacha, comparative anailgéisí)

1. analgesic, anodyne

   Synonym: pianmhúchach

Declension

Declension of anailgéiseach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	anailgéiseach	anailgéiseach	anailgéiseacha
vocative	anailgéisigh		anailgéiseacha
genitive		anailgéisí	anailgéiseacha	anailgéiseach
dative	anailgéiseach	anailgéiseach; anailgéisigh (archaic)	anailgéiseacha
Comparative	níos anailgéisí
Superlative	is anailgéisí

Noun

anailgéiseach m (genitive singular anailgéisigh, nominative plural anailgéisigh)

1. analgesic, anodyne

   Synonyms: pianmhaolaí, pianmhúchán

Declension

Declension of anailgéiseach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative anailgéiseach anailgéisigh vocative a anailgéisigh a anailgéiseacha genitive anailgéisigh anailgéiseach dative anailgéiseach anailgéisigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-anailgéiseach na hanailgéisigh genitive an anailgéisigh na n-anailgéiseach dative leis an anailgéiseach don anailgéiseach leis na hanailgéisigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of anailgéiseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anailgéiseach	n-anailgéiseach	hanailgéiseach	t-anailgéiseach

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) “anailgéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anailgéiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anailgéiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025