éadrócaireach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom éa- + trócaireach, from trócaire + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editéadrócaireach (genitive singular masculine éadrócairigh, genitive singular feminine éadrócairí, plural éadrócaireacha, comparative éadrócairí)
- unmerciful, merciless
- Synonym: neamhthrócaireach
Declension
editDeclension of éadrócaireach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireacha | |
Vocative | éadrócairigh | éadrócaireacha | ||
Genitive | éadrócairí | éadrócaireacha | éadrócaireach | |
Dative | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireach; éadrócairigh (archaic) |
éadrócaireacha | |
Comparative | níos éadrócairí | |||
Superlative | is éadrócairí |
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éadrócaireach | n-éadrócaireach | héadrócaireach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étrócairech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadtrócaireaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadrócaireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN