aiféalach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish aithmélach. By surface analysis, aiféala + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editaiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)
- regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht. (conventional orthography)
- I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
- shamefaced, shy
- lingering (of illness)
Declension
editDeclension of aiféalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aiféalach | aiféalach | aiféalacha | |
Vocative | aiféalaigh | aiféalacha | ||
Genitive | aiféalaí | aiféalacha | aiféalach | |
Dative | aiféalach | aiféalach; aiféalaigh (archaic) |
aiféalacha | |
Comparative | níos aiféalaí | |||
Superlative | is aiféalaí |
Related terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aiféalach | n-aiféalach | haiféalach | 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) “aiféalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithmélach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aiṫṁéalaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aiféalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aiféalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024