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aghnáireach
aghnáireach
Irish
Adjective
aghnáireach (genitive singular masculine aghnáirigh, genitive singular feminine aghnáirí, plural aghnáireacha, comparative aghnáirí)
- Alternative form of adhnáireach (“shameful; modest”)
Declension
Declension of aghnáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aghnáireach | aghnáireach¹ | aghnáireacha³ | |
| Vocative | aghnáirigh¹ | aghnáireach¹ | aghnáireacha | |
| Genitive | aghnáirigh¹ | aghnáirí (obsolete) aghnáirighe |
aghnáireacha | aghnáireach |
| Dative | aghnáireach² | aghnáireach¹ (archaic) aghnáirigh¹ |
aghnáireacha³ | |
| Comparative | aghnáirí (obsolete) aghnáirighe |
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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 |
| aghnáireach | n-aghnáireach | haghnáireach | t-aghnáireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aghnáireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.