anchaoi

Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ caoi.

Noun

anchaoi f (genitive singular anchaoi)

1. wretchedness (of repair, health, etc.)

Declension

Declension of anchaoi (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anchaoi vocative a anchaoi genitive anchaoi dative anchaoi forms with the definite article case singular nominative an anchaoi genitive na hanchaoi dative leis an anchaoi don anchaoi

Synonyms

• drochbhail

Derived terms

• ar anchaoi, in anchaoi (“in a bad way, plight”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchaoi

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchaoi	n-anchaoi	hanchaoi	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) “anchaoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “wretchedness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024