ilchineálach

Irish

Etymology

From il- (“multiple, poly-, multi-; miscellaneous; sundry; composite”) +‎ cineál + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ilchineálach (genitive singular masculine ilchineálaigh, genitive singular feminine ilchineálaí, plural ilchineálacha, comparative ilchineálaí)

1. heterogeneous, various, varied, multifarious, diverse

Declension

Declension of ilchineálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ilchineálach	ilchineálach	ilchineálacha
vocative	ilchineálaigh		ilchineálacha
genitive		ilchineálaí	ilchineálacha	ilchineálach
dative	ilchineálach	ilchineálach; ilchineálaigh (archaic)	ilchineálacha
Comparative	níos ilchineálaí
Superlative	is ilchineálaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ilchineálach

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