mínáireach

See also: mì-nàireach

Irish

Etymology

From mínáire (“shamelessness; crossness, viciousness”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) or mí- (negative prefix) +‎ náireach (“shameful; susceptible to shame, bashful, modest, diffident”).

Adjective

mínáireach (genitive singular masculine mínáirigh, genitive singular feminine mínáirí, plural mínáireacha, comparative mínáirí)

1. shameless

   Synonyms: dínáireach, neamhnáireach

2. cross, vicious

Declension

Declension of mínáireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	mínáireach	mhínáireach	mínáireacha; mhínáireacha2
vocative	mhínáirigh		mínáireacha
genitive		mínáirí	mínáireacha	mínáireach
dative	mínáireach; mhínáireach1	mhínáireach; mhínáirigh (archaic)	mínáireacha; mhínáireacha2
Comparative	níos mínáirí
Superlative	is mínáirí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of mínáireach

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