aistreach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
aistreach (genitive singular masculine aistrigh, genitive singular feminine aistrí, plural aistreacha, comparative aistrí)
- journeying, roving; restless, unsettled (of person)
- out of the way, inconvenient (of place)
- Synonym: aistreánach
- (grammar) transitive
- Antonym: neamhaistreach
Declension edit
Declension of aistreach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aistreach | aistreach | aistreacha | |
Vocative | aistrigh | aistreacha | ||
Genitive | aistrí | aistreacha | aistreach | |
Dative | aistreach | aistreach; aistrigh (archaic) |
aistreacha | |
Comparative | níos aistrí | |||
Superlative | is aistrí |
Derived terms edit
- dé-aistreach (“ambitransitive”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aistreach | n-aistreach | haistreach | 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), “aistreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aistreach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aistreach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.