anfaiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anafaiseach

Etymology

From anfais (“commotion, dismay”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

anfaiseach (genitive singular masculine anfaisigh, genitive singular feminine anfaisí, plural anfaiseacha, comparative anfaisí)

1. dismayed

Declension

Declension of anfaiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anfaiseach	anfaiseach	anfaiseacha
vocative	anfaisigh		anfaiseacha
genitive		anfaisí	anfaiseacha	anfaiseach
dative	anfaiseach	anfaiseach; anfaisigh (archaic)	anfaiseacha
Comparative	níos anfaisí
Superlative	is anfaisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anfaiseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anfaiseach	n-anfaiseach	hanfaiseach	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) “anfaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN