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aiféalach

aiféalach

Irish

Alternative forms

aiféileach
aithmhéalach (superseded)
aithmhéileach (superseded)

Adjective

aiféalach ‎(genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)

regretful, sorrowful
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 20.
  šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
  conventional orthography: Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht.
  I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
shamefaced, shy
(of illness) lingering

Declension

Declension of aiféalach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	aiféalach	aiféalach	aiféalacha
Vocative	aiféalaigh	aiféalach	aiféalacha
Genitive	aiféalaigh	aiféalaí	aiféalacha	aiféalach
Dative	aiféalach	aiféalach; aiféalaigh (archaic)	aiféalacha
Comparative	níos aiféalaí
Superlative	is aiféalaí

Synonyms

brónach
buartha

Related terms

aiféala m ‎(“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)
aiféaltas m ‎(“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiféalach	n-aiféalach	haiféalach	t-aiféalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“aithmélach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“aiṫṁéalaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"aiféalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.