arsanach

Irish

Etymology

From arsanaic (“arsenic”) +‎ -ach (“adjectival suffix”).

Adjective

arsanach (genitive singular masculine arsanaigh, genitive singular feminine arsanaí, plural arsanacha, comparative arsanaí)

1. arsenical

Declension

Declension of arsanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	arsanach	arsanach	arsanacha
vocative	arsanaigh		arsanacha
genitive		arsanaí	arsanacha	arsanach
dative	arsanach	arsanach; arsanaigh (archaic)	arsanacha
Comparative	níos arsanaí
Superlative	is arsanaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of arsanach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arsanach	n-arsanach	harsanach	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) “arsanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arsanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm