asmach

Irish

Etymology

From asma (“asthma”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

asmach (genitive singular masculine asmaigh, genitive singular feminine asmaí, plural asmacha, comparative asmaí)

1. asthmatic

   Synonyms: gearranálach, múchtach

Declension

Declension of asmach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	asmach	asmach	asmacha
vocative	asmaigh		asmacha
genitive		asmaí	strong noun	weak noun
			asmacha	asmach
dative	asmach	asmach; asmaigh (archaic)	asmacha
Comparative	níos asmaí
Superlative	is asmaí

Noun

asmach m (genitive singular asmaigh, nominative plural asmaigh)

1. asthmatic

Declension

Declension of asmach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative asmach asmaigh vocative a asmaigh a asmacha genitive asmaigh asmach dative asmach asmaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-asmach na hasmaigh genitive an asmaigh na n-asmach dative leis an asmach don asmach leis na hasmaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of asmach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asmach	n-asmach	hasmach	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) “asmach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asmach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “asmach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025