ionsaitheach

Irish

Etymology 1

From ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack; proceed to, approach; set about, attempt; reach, attain; seek out”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ionsaitheach (genitive singular masculine ionsaithigh, genitive singular feminine ionsaithí, plural ionsaitheacha, comparative ionsaithí)

1. attacking, aggressive
2. (optics) incident

Declension

Declension of ionsaitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ionsaitheach	ionsaitheach	ionsaitheacha
vocative	ionsaithigh		ionsaitheacha
genitive		ionsaithí	ionsaitheacha	ionsaitheach
dative	ionsaitheach	ionsaitheach; ionsaithigh (archaic)	ionsaitheacha
Comparative	níos ionsaithí
Superlative	is ionsaithí

Related terms

• (attacking, aggressive): ionsaitheoir
• (optics): ionsaitheacht

Etymology 2

From ionsaigh (verb) +‎ -ach.

Noun

ionsaitheach m (genitive singular ionsaithigh, nominative plural ionsaithigh)

1. Synonym of ionsaitheoir (“attacker, aggressor”)

Declension

Declension of ionsaitheach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh vocative a ionsaithigh a ionsaitheacha genitive ionsaithigh ionsaitheach dative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ionsaitheach na hionsaithigh genitive an ionsaithigh na n-ionsaitheach dative leis an ionsaitheach don ionsaitheach leis na hionsaithigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionsaitheach

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