arganach

Irish

Alternative forms

• argaineach

Etymology

From argain (“destruction, plunder”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

arganach (genitive singular masculine arganaigh, genitive singular feminine arganaí, plural arganacha, comparative arganaí)

1. destructive

Declension

Declension of arganach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	arganach	arganach	arganacha
vocative	arganaigh		arganacha
genitive		arganaí	arganacha	arganach
dative	arganach	arganach; arganaigh (archaic)	arganacha
Comparative	níos arganaí
Superlative	is arganaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of arganach

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