ainéifeachtach

Irish

Etymology

From ain- (“in-, un-, not”) +‎ éifeachtach (“efficacious, effective”) or ainéifeacht (“inefficacy”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainéifeachtach (genitive singular masculine ainéifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainéifeachtaí, plural ainéifeachtacha, comparative ainéifeachtaí)

1. ineffective

Declension

Declension of ainéifeachtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtacha
Vocative	ainéifeachtaigh		ainéifeachtacha
Genitive		ainéifeachtaí	ainéifeachtacha	ainéifeachtach
Dative	ainéifeachtach	ainéifeachtach; ainéifeachtaigh (archaic)	ainéifeachtacha
Comparative	níos ainéifeachtaí
Superlative	is ainéifeachtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainéifeachtach	n-ainéifeachtach	hainéifeachtach	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) “ainéifeachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN