ainchreidmheach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish ancretmech. By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) + creidmheach (“believing”) or ainchreideamh (“unbelief, infidelity”) + -ach.
Adjective
editainchreidmheach (genitive singular masculine ainchreidmhigh, genitive singular feminine ainchreidmhí, plural ainchreidmheacha)
- unbelieving
- Synonyms: díchreidmheach, éigreidmheach, neamhchreidmheach
- (nominalized, masculine) unbeliever, infidel
- Synonyms: díchreidmheach, neamhchreidmheach
Declension
editDeclension of ainchreidmheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ainchreidmheach | ainchreidmheach | ainchreidmheacha | |
Vocative | ainchreidmhigh | ainchreidmheacha | ||
Genitive | ainchreidmhí | ainchreidmheacha | ainchreidmheach | |
Dative | ainchreidmheach | ainchreidmheach; ainchreidmhigh (archaic) |
ainchreidmheacha | |
Comparative | níos ainchreidmhí | |||
Superlative | is ainchreidmhí |
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainchreidmheach | n-ainchreidmheach | hainchreidmheach | 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) “ainchreidmheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ainchreidmheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ainchreidmheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms prefixed with an- (un-)
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nominalized adjectives
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