anróiteach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]anróiteach (genitive singular masculine anróitigh, genitive singular feminine anróití, plural anróiteacha, comparative anróití)
- severe, inclement
- Synonym: dona
- distressing
- Synonyms: cráite, dochraideach, léanmhar
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | anróiteach | anróiteach | anróiteacha | |
| vocative | anróitigh | anróiteacha | ||
| genitive | anróití | anróiteacha | anróiteach | |
| dative | anróiteach | anróiteach; anróitigh (archaic) |
anróiteacha | |
| Comparative | níos anróití | |||
| Superlative | is anróití | |||
Related terms
[edit]- anró (“hardship (due to severe weather); wretched condition”)
- anróiteacht (“severity, inclemency (of weather); wretchedness”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| anróiteach | n-anróiteach | hanróiteach | 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) “anróiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anróiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “anróiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024