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aighneasach
aighneasach
Irish
Adjective
aighneasach (genitive singular masculine aighneasaigh, genitive singular feminine aighneasaí, plural aighneasacha, comparative aighneasaí)
Declension
Declension of aighneasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aighneasach | aighneasach¹ | aighneasacha³ | |
| Vocative | aighneasaigh¹ | aighneasach¹ | aighneasacha | |
| Genitive | aighneasaigh¹ | aighneasaí (obsolete) aighneasaighe |
aighneasacha | aighneasach |
| Dative | aighneasach² | aighneasach¹ (archaic) aighneasaigh¹ |
aighneasacha³ | |
| Comparative | aighneasaí (obsolete) aighneasaighe |
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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.
Synonyms
- aighneasúil, aighneastúil
Related terms
- aighneasacht f (“argumentativeness”)
- aighneasóir m, aighneastóir m (“argumentative person”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aighneasach | n-aighneasach | haighneasach | t-aighneasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aighneasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.