anabarrach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anbáil + -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanaparˠəx/

Adjective

anabarrach

1. exceeding, excessive

   Meudaichidh mi thu gu h-anabarrach. ― I will increase you exceedingly. (Sometimes used as an adverb.)

   anabarrach fireanta ― over much righteous

2. redundant, superfluous
3. desperate, indispensable

   anabarrach aingidh ― desperately wicked

   anabarrach feumail ― indispensably or very necessary

4. shocking, terrible
5. tip-top, ripping

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anabarrach	n-anabarrach	h-anabarrach	t-anabarrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “anabarrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
• Gaelic Without Groans (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1962, by John MacKechnie)