afanaipteireach

Irish

Etymology

From Aphaniptera + -ach.

Adjective

afanaipteireach (genitive singular masculine afanaipteirigh, genitive singular feminine afanaipteirí, plural afanaipteireacha, comparative afanaipteirí)

1. (zoology) aphanipterous

Declension

Declension of afanaipteireach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireacha
Vocative	afanaipteirigh		afanaipteireacha
Genitive		afanaipteirí	afanaipteireacha	afanaipteireach
Dative	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireach; afanaipteirigh (archaic)	afanaipteireacha
Comparative	níos afanaipteirí
Superlative	is afanaipteirí

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “afanaipteireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN