ansmachtaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From ansmacht (“tyranny”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

ansmachtaí m (genitive singular ansmachtaí, nominative plural ansmachtaithe)

1. tyrant
2. bully

   Synonym: bulaí

Declension

Declension of ansmachtaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ansmachtaí ansmachtaithe vocative a ansmachtaí a ansmachtaithe genitive ansmachtaí ansmachtaithe dative ansmachtaí ansmachtaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ansmachtaí na hansmachtaithe genitive an ansmachtaí na n-ansmachtaithe dative leis an ansmachtaí don ansmachtaí leis na hansmachtaithe

Related terms

• ansmachtaigh
• ansmachtúil

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ansmachtaí

1. present subjunctive of ansmachtaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ansmachtaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ansmachtaí	n-ansmachtaí	hansmachtaí	t-ansmachtaí

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) “ansmachtaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ansmachtaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ansmachtaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024