urchomhaireach

Irish

Etymology

From urchomhair +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urchomhaireach (genitive singular masculine urchomhairigh, genitive singular feminine urchomhairí, plural urchomhaireacha, not comparable)

1. opposite (in front of)

Declension

Declension of urchomhaireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	urchomhaireach	urchomhaireach	urchomhaireacha
vocative	urchomhairigh		urchomhaireacha
genitive		urchomhairí	urchomhaireacha	urchomhaireach
dative	urchomhaireach	urchomhaireach; urchomhairigh (archaic)	urchomhaireacha
Comparative	níos urchomhairí
Superlative	is urchomhairí

Derived terms

• uillinn urchomhaireach (“opposite angle”)

Related terms

• urchomhaireacht (“opposition”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of urchomhaireach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urchomhaireach	n-urchomhaireach	hurchomhaireach	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) “urchomhaireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “opposite”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025