ainciseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aingceiseach, aingciseach

Etymology

From aincis (“malignancy; peevishness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainciseach (genitive singular masculine aincisigh, genitive singular feminine aincisí, plural ainciseacha, comparative aincisí)

1. (pathology, of sore) malignant
2. peevish (of person)

Declension

Declension of ainciseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainciseach	ainciseach	ainciseacha
Vocative	aincisigh		ainciseacha
Genitive		aincisí	ainciseacha	ainciseach
Dative	ainciseach	ainciseach; aincisigh (archaic)	ainciseacha
Comparative	níos aincisí
Superlative	is aincisí

Mutation

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