uireasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• uireasbhach (superseded)
• uireaspach (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish airesbach (“needy”). Equivalent to uireasa (“lack, want, absence, deficiency”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəsˠəx/

Adjective

uireasach

1. lacking, wanting; deficient
2. (grammar) defective

Declension

Declension of uireasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	uireasach	uireasach	uireasacha
vocative	uireasaigh		uireasacha
genitive		uireasaí	uireasacha	uireasach
dative	uireasach	uireasach; uireasaigh (archaic)	uireasacha
Comparative	níos uireasaí
Superlative	is uireasaí

Synonyms

• díothach (“wanting, deficient”)

Antonyms

• neamhuireasach (“not needy, wanting nothing, well off”)

Noun

uireasach m (genitive singular uireasaigh, nominative plural uireasaigh)

1. person in need

   na boicht agus na huireasaigh ― the poor and the needy

Declension

Declension of uireasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative uireasach uireasaigh vocative a uireasaigh a uireasacha genitive uireasaigh uireasach dative uireasach uireasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-uireasach na huireasaigh genitive an uireasaigh na n-uireasach dative leis an uireasach don uireasach leis na huireasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of uireasach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uireasach	n-uireasach	huireasach	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) “uireasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN