urnaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airnaigthech (“prayerful, devout”), from airnigde f (“act of praying; prayer”). By surface analysis, urnaí +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urnaitheach (genitive singular masculine urnaithigh, genitive singular feminine urnaithí, plural urnaitheacha, comparative urnaithí)

1. prayerful; devout

Declension

Declension of urnaitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	urnaitheach	urnaitheach	urnaitheacha
vocative	urnaithigh		urnaitheacha
genitive		urnaithí	urnaitheacha	urnaitheach
dative	urnaitheach	urnaitheach; urnaithigh (archaic)	urnaitheacha
Comparative	níos urnaithí
Superlative	is urnaithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of urnaitheach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urnaitheach	n-urnaitheach	hurnaitheach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airnaigthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urnaitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “prayerful”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024