mímhacánta

Irish

Etymology

From mí- +‎ macánta.

Adjective

mímhacánta

1. dishonest

   Synonym: mí-ionraic

   Antonyms: macánta, ionraic

Declension

Declension of mímhacánta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mímhacánta	mhímhacánta	mímhacánta; mhímhacánta2
vocative	mhímhacánta		mímhacánta
genitive		mímhacánta	mímhacánta	mímhacánta
dative	mímhacánta; mhímhacánta1	mhímhacánta	mímhacánta; mhímhacánta2
Comparative	níos mímhacánta
Superlative	is mímhacánta

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

Derived terms

• mímhacántacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of mímhacánta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mímhacánta	mhímhacánta	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) “mímhacánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mímhacánta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mímhacánta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024