atuirseach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From atuirse (“weariness; dejection”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]atuirseach (genitive singular masculine atuirsigh, genitive singular feminine atuirsí, plural atuirseacha, comparative atuirsí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | atuirseach | atuirseach | atuirseacha | |
vocative | atuirsigh | atuirseacha | ||
genitive | atuirsí | atuirseacha | atuirseach | |
dative | atuirseach | atuirseach; atuirsigh (archaic) |
atuirseacha | |
Comparative | níos atuirsí | |||
Superlative | is atuirsí |
Synonyms
[edit]- (dejected): ceanníseal
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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atuirseach | n-atuirseach | hatuirseach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “atuirseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “atuirseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm