angarach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From angar (“want, distress, affliction, austerity, privation”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]angarach (genitive singular masculine angaraigh, genitive singular feminine angaraí, plural angaracha, comparative angaraí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | angarach | angarach | angaracha | |
vocative | angaraigh | angaracha | ||
genitive | angaraí | angaracha | angarach | |
dative | angarach | angarach; angaraigh (archaic) |
angaracha | |
Comparative | níos angaraí | |||
Superlative | is angaraí |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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angarach | n-angarach | hangarach | 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) “angarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “angarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm