áiféiseach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From áiféis (“exaggeration; nonsense; drollery”) + -ach.
Adjective edit
áiféiseach (genitive singular masculine áiféisigh, genitive singular feminine áiféisí, plural áiféiseacha, comparative áiféisí)
Declension edit
Declension of áiféiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | áiféiseach | áiféiseach | áiféiseacha | |
| Vocative | áiféisigh | áiféiseacha | ||
| Genitive | áiféisí | áiféiseacha | áiféiseach | |
| Dative | áiféiseach | áiféiseach; áiféisigh (archaic) |
áiféiseacha | |
| Comparative | níos áiféisí | |||
| Superlative | is áiféisí | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| áiféiseach | n-áiféiseach | háiféiseach | 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) “áiféiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN