anchúinseach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
anchúinseach (genitive singular masculine anchúinsigh, genitive singular feminine anchúinsí, plural anchúinseacha, comparative anchúinsí)
Declension edit
Declension of anchúinseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach | anchúinseacha | |
| Vocative | anchúinsigh | anchúinseacha | ||
| Genitive | anchúinsí | anchúinseacha | anchúinseach | |
| Dative | anchúinseach | anchúinseach; anchúinsigh (archaic) |
anchúinseacha | |
| Comparative | níos anchúinsí | |||
| Superlative | is anchúinsí | |||
Related terms edit
- anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anchúinseach | n-anchúinseach | hanchúinseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “anchúinseach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.