aisfhreagrach

Irish

Etymology

From aisfhreagra (“back answer, retort”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aisfhreagrach (genitive singular masculine aisfhreagraigh, genitive singular feminine aisfhreagraí, plural aisfhreagracha, comparative aisfhreagraí)

1. back-answering, impudent

Declension

Declension of aisfhreagrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagracha
Vocative	aisfhreagraigh		aisfhreagracha
Genitive		aisfhreagraí	aisfhreagracha	aisfhreagrach
Dative	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagrach; aisfhreagraigh (archaic)	aisfhreagracha
Comparative	níos aisfhreagraí
Superlative	is aisfhreagraí

Mutation

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