anasach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anas (“anus”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]anasach (genitive singular masculine anasaigh, genitive singular feminine anasaí, plural anasacha, not comparable)
- (biology) anal (relating to the anus)
- Synonyms: timpireach, tóna
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | anasach | anasach | anasacha | |
| vocative | anasaigh | anasacha | ||
| genitive | anasaí | anasacha | anasach | |
| dative | anasach | anasach; anasaigh (archaic) |
anasacha | |
| Comparative | níos anasaí | |||
| Superlative | is anasaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anasach | n-anasach | hanasach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “anasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024