aifearach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom aifir (“rebuke”, verb) + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editaifearach (genitive singular masculine aifearaigh, genitive singular feminine aifearaí, plural aifearacha, comparative aifearaí)
Declension
editDeclension of aifearach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aifearach | aifearach | aifearacha | |
Vocative | aifearaigh | aifearacha | ||
Genitive | aifearaí | aifearacha | aifearach | |
Dative | aifearach | aifearach; aifearaigh (archaic) |
aifearacha | |
Comparative | níos aifearaí | |||
Superlative | is aifearaí |
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aifearach | n-aifearach | haifearach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aifearach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithbirach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language