anchúinseach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]anchúinseach (genitive singular masculine anchúinsigh, genitive singular feminine anchúinsí, plural anchúinseacha, comparative anchúinsí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach | anchúinseacha | |
| vocative | anchúinsigh | anchúinseacha | ||
| genitive | anchúinsí | anchúinseacha | anchúinseach | |
| dative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach; anchúinsigh (archaic) |
anchúinseacha | |
| Comparative | níos anchúinsí | |||
| Superlative | is anchúinsí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anchúinseach | n-anchúinseach | hanchúinseach | 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) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anchúinseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm