anuaibhreach

Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ uaibhreach.

Adjective

anuaibhreach (genitive singular masculine anuaibhrigh, genitive singular feminine anuaibhrí, plural anuaibhreacha, comparative anuaibhrí)

1. arrogant, haughty

Declension

Declension of anuaibhreach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anuaibhreach	anuaibhreach	anuaibhreacha
vocative	anuaibhrigh		anuaibhreacha
genitive		anuaibhrí	anuaibhreacha	anuaibhreach
dative	anuaibhreach	anuaibhreach; anuaibhrigh (archaic)	anuaibhreacha
Comparative	níos anuaibhrí
Superlative	is anuaibhrí

Related terms

• anuabhar (“overweening pride”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anuaibhreach

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