míchaidreamhach

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ caidreamhach.

Adjective

míchaidreamhach (genitive singular masculine míchaidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine míchaidreamhaí, plural míchaidreamhacha, comparative míchaidreamhaí)

1. misanthropic, misanthropical

Declension

Declension of míchaidreamhach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	míchaidreamhach	mhíchaidreamhach	míchaidreamhacha; mhíchaidreamhacha2
vocative	mhíchaidreamhaigh		míchaidreamhacha
genitive		míchaidreamhaí	míchaidreamhacha	míchaidreamhach
dative	míchaidreamhach; mhíchaidreamhach1	mhíchaidreamhach; mhíchaidreamhaigh (archaic)	míchaidreamhacha; mhíchaidreamhacha2
Comparative	níos míchaidreamhaí
Superlative	is míchaidreamhaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• míchaidreamhacht

Noun

míchaidreamhach m (genitive singular míchaidreamhaigh, nominative plural míchaidreamhaigh)

1. misanthrope

Declension

Declension of míchaidreamhach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative míchaidreamhach míchaidreamhaigh vocative a mhíchaidreamhaigh a mhíchaidreamhacha genitive míchaidreamhaigh míchaidreamhach dative míchaidreamhach míchaidreamhaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an míchaidreamhach na míchaidreamhaigh genitive an mhíchaidreamhaigh na míchaidreamhach dative leis an míchaidreamhach don mhíchaidreamhach leis na míchaidreamhaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of míchaidreamhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míchaidreamhach	mhíchaidreamhach	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) “míchaidreamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “míchaidreamhach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm