anchúinseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anchúinsiúil

Etymology

From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anchúinseach (genitive singular masculine anchúinsigh, genitive singular feminine anchúinsí, plural anchúinseacha, comparative anchúinsí)

1. monstrous, abnormal
2. scoundrelly

Declension

Declension of anchúinseach

Positive	singular		plural
	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

• anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchúinseach

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anchúinseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm