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anacair
anacair
Irish
Noun
anacair f (genitive singular anacra, nominative plural anacraí)
Declension
Declension of anacair
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- anacair leapa (“bedsore”)
- anacrach (“distressed; distressing”, adjective)
- anacróir m (“person in distress; wretch”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
anacair (genitive singular masculine anacair, genitive singular feminine anacra, comparative anacra)
Declension
Declension of anacair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anacair | anacair¹ | anacra³ | |
| Vocative | anacair¹ | anacra | ||
| Genitive | anacair¹ | anacra | anacra | anacair |
| Dative | anacair² | anacair¹ | anacra³ | |
| Comparative | níos anacra | |||
| Superlative | is anacra | |||
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 |
| anacair | n-anacair | hanacair | t-anacair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "anacair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.