mítharraingteach

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ tarraingteach (“attractive”).

Adjective

mítharraingteach (genitive singular masculine mítharraingtigh, genitive singular feminine mítharraingtí, plural mítharraingteacha, comparative mítharraingtí)

1. unattractive, charmless

Declension

Declension of mítharraingteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	mítharraingteach	mhítharraingteach	mítharraingteacha; mhítharraingteacha2
vocative	mhítharraingtigh		mítharraingteacha
genitive		mítharraingtí	mítharraingteacha	mítharraingteach
dative	mítharraingteach; mhítharraingteach1	mhítharraingteach; mhítharraingtigh (archaic)	mítharraingteacha; mhítharraingteacha2
Comparative	níos mítharraingtí
Superlative	is mítharraingtí

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

Antonyms

• tarraingteach (“attractive”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mítharraingteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mítharraingteach	mhítharraingteach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mítharraingteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN