toirmeascach

Irish

Etymology

From toirmeasc (“prohibition; prevention, hindrance; mischief, dissension; mishap, misfortune”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

toirmeascach (genitive singular masculine toirmeascaigh, genitive singular feminine toirmeascaí, plural toirmeascacha, comparative toirmeascaí)

1. prohibitive; preventive, obstructive
2. mischievous
3. accidental

Declension

Declension of toirmeascach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	toirmeascach	thoirmeascach	toirmeascacha; thoirmeascacha2
vocative	thoirmeascaigh		toirmeascacha
genitive		toirmeascaí	toirmeascacha	toirmeascach
dative	toirmeascach; thoirmeascach1	thoirmeascach; thoirmeascaigh (archaic)	toirmeascacha; thoirmeascacha2
Comparative	níos toirmeascaí
Superlative	is toirmeascaí

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 toirmeascach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toirmeascach	thoirmeascach	dtoirmeascach

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) “toirmeascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN