imeaglach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From imeagla (“great fear, terror, dread”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
imeaglach (genitive singular masculine imeaglaigh, genitive singular feminine imeaglaí, plural imeaglacha, comparative imeaglaí)
Declension edit
Declension of imeaglach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | imeaglach | imeaglach | imeaglacha | |
| Vocative | imeaglaigh | imeaglacha | ||
| Genitive | imeaglaí | imeaglacha | imeaglach | |
| Dative | imeaglach | imeaglach; imeaglaigh (archaic) |
imeaglacha | |
| Comparative | níos imeaglaí | |||
| Superlative | is imeaglaí | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imeaglach | n-imeaglach | himeaglach | 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) “imeaglach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “imeaglach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.