mínáireach
See also: mì-nàireach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From mínáire (“shamelessness; crossness, viciousness”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) or mí- (negative prefix) + náireach (“shameful; susceptible to shame, bashful, modest, diffident”).
Adjective edit
mínáireach (genitive singular masculine mínáirigh, genitive singular feminine mínáirí, plural mínáireacha, comparative mínáirí)
- shameless
- Synonyms: dínáireach, neamhnáireach
- cross, vicious
Declension edit
Declension of mínáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mínáireach | mhínáireach | mínáireacha; mhínáireacha² | |
| Vocative | mhínáirigh | mínáireacha | ||
| Genitive | mínáirí | mínáireacha | mínáireach | |
| Dative | mínáireach; mhínáireach¹ |
mhínáireach; mhínáirigh (archaic) |
mínáireacha; mhínáireacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mínáirí | |||
| Superlative | is mínáirí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mínáireach | mhínáireach | 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) “mínáireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “mínáireach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mínáireach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.