andúileach

Irish

Etymology

From andúil (“craving; addiction”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

andúileach m (genitive singular andúiligh, nominative plural andúiligh)

1. addict, junkie

Declension

Declension of andúileach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative andúileach andúiligh vocative a andúiligh a andúileacha genitive andúiligh andúileach dative andúileach andúiligh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-andúileach na handúiligh genitive an andúiligh na n-andúileach dative leis an andúileach don andúileach leis na handúiligh

Derived terms

• andúileach drugaí (“drug-addict”)
• andúileach codlaidín (“opium-fiend”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of andúileach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
andúileach	n-andúileach	handúileach	t-andúileach

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) “andúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “addict”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “junkie”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024