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aghaidhnáireach
aghaidhnáireach
Irish
Adjective
aghaidhnáireach (genitive singular masculine aghaidhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine aghaidhnáirí, plural aghaidhnáireacha, comparative aghaidhnáirí)
- Alternative form of adhnáireach (“shameful; modest”)
Declension
Declension of aghaidhnáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aghaidhnáireach | aghaidhnáireach¹ | aghaidhnáireacha³ | |
| Vocative | aghaidhnáirigh¹ | aghaidhnáireach¹ | aghaidhnáireacha | |
| Genitive | aghaidhnáirigh¹ | aghaidhnáirí (obsolete) aghaidhnáirighe |
aghaidhnáireacha | aghaidhnáireach |
| Dative | aghaidhnáireach² | aghaidhnáireach¹ (archaic) aghaidhnáirigh¹ |
aghaidhnáireacha³ | |
| Comparative | aghaidhnáirí (obsolete) aghaidhnáirighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aghaidhnáireach | n-aghaidhnáireach | haghaidhnáireach | t-aghaidhnáireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aghaidhnáire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.