Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish adnáirech (very modest, adjective), from adnáire f (great shame), from ad- + náire f (shame). By surface analysis, adhnáire (shame; modesty) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)

  1. shameful
  2. modest

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnáireach n-adhnáireach hadhnáireach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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