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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toirmeascach	thoirmeascach	dtoirmeascach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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