anástach

Irish

Etymology

From anásta +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anástach (genitive singular masculine anástaigh, genitive singular feminine anástaí, plural anástacha, comparative anástaí)

1. Alternative form of anásta (“needy; clumsy, awkward”)

Declension

Declension of anástach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anástach	anástach	anástacha
Vocative	anástaigh		anástacha
Genitive		anástaí	anástacha	anástach
Dative	anástach	anástach; anástaigh (archaic)	anástacha
Comparative	níos anástaí
Superlative	is anástaí

Mutation

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