adhnáireach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish adnáirech (“very modest”, adjective), from adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shame”); synchronically adhnáire (“shame; modesty”) + -ach.
Adjective
adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)
Declension
Declension of adhnáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhnáireach | adhnáireach | adhnáireacha | |
| Vocative | adhnáirigh | adhnáireacha | ||
| Genitive | adhnáirí | adhnáireacha | adhnáireach | |
| Dative | adhnáireach | adhnáireach; adhnáirigh (archaic) |
adhnáireacha | |
| Comparative | níos adhnáirí | |||
| Superlative | is adhnáirí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhnáireach | n-adhnáireach | hadhnáireach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhnáireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adnáirech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “adhnáireach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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