anfach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anfa (“storm, tempest”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]anfach (genitive singular masculine anfaigh, genitive singular feminine anfaí, plural anfacha, comparative anfaí)
- stormy, rough, tempestuous
- Synonym: anfúil
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | anfach | anfach | anfacha | |
vocative | anfaigh | anfacha | ||
genitive | anfaí | anfacha | anfach | |
dative | anfach | anfach; anfaigh (archaic) |
anfacha | |
Comparative | níos anfaí | |||
Superlative | is anfaí |
Related terms
[edit]- anfacht f (“storminess”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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anfach | n-anfach | hanfach | 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) “anfach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “tempestuous”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anfach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm