paranóiach

Irish

Etymology

From paranóia +‎ -ach.

Adjective

paranóiach (genitive singular masculine paranóiaigh, genitive singular feminine paranóiaiche, plural paranóiacha, comparative paranóiaiche)

1. paranoiac

Declension

Declension of paranóiach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	paranóiach	pharanóiach	paranóiacha; pharanóiacha2
vocative	pharanóiach		paranóiacha
genitive		paranóiaiche	paranóiacha	paranóiach
dative	paranóiach; pharanóiach1	pharanóiach	paranóiacha; pharanóiacha2
Comparative	níos paranóiaiche
Superlative	is paranóiaiche

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

Noun

paranóiach m (genitive singular paranóiaigh, nominative plural paranóiaigh)

1. paranoiac (paranoid person)

Declension

Declension of paranóiach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative paranóiach paranóiaigh vocative a pharanóiaigh a pharanóiacha genitive paranóiaigh paranóiach dative paranóiach paranóiaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an paranóiach na paranóiaigh genitive an pharanóiaigh na bparanóiach dative leis an bparanóiach don pharanóiach leis na paranóiaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of paranóiach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paranóiach	pharanóiach	bparanóiach

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