ilghnéitheach

Irish

Etymology

From il- (“multi-”) +‎ gné (“kind; form; aspect”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ilghnéitheach (genitive singular masculine ilghnéithigh, genitive singular feminine ilghnéithí, plural ilghnéitheacha, not comparable)

1. miscellaneous
2. multifaceted
3. heterogeneous, various, varied, multifarious, diverse

Declension

Declension of ilghnéitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ilghnéitheach	ilghnéitheach	ilghnéitheacha
vocative	ilghnéithigh		ilghnéitheacha
genitive		ilghnéithí	ilghnéitheacha	ilghnéitheach
dative	ilghnéitheach	ilghnéitheach; ilghnéithigh (archaic)	ilghnéitheacha
Comparative	níos ilghnéithí
Superlative	is ilghnéithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ilghnéitheach

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