aischéimnitheach

Irish

Etymology

From aischéimnigh (“step back; regress”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aischéimnitheach (genitive singular masculine aischéimnithigh, genitive singular feminine aischéimnithí, plural aischéimnitheacha, comparative aischéimnithí)

1. regressive

Declension

Declension of aischéimnitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheacha
Vocative	aischéimnithigh		aischéimnitheacha
Genitive		aischéimnithí	aischéimnitheacha	aischéimnitheach
Dative	aischéimnitheach	aischéimnitheach; aischéimnithigh (archaic)	aischéimnitheacha
Comparative	níos aischéimnithí
Superlative	is aischéimnithí

Mutation

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