anacrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anacaireach

Etymology

From anacair (“unevenness; unease, discomfort; difficulty, distress”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anacrach (genitive singular masculine anacraigh, genitive singular feminine anacraí, plural anacracha, comparative anacraí)

1. distressed
2. distressing

Declension

Declension of anacrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anacrach	anacrach	anacracha
Vocative	anacraigh		anacracha
Genitive		anacraí	anacracha	anacrach
Dative	anacrach	anacrach; anacraigh (archaic)	anacracha
Comparative	níos anacraí
Superlative	is anacraí

Synonyms

• (distressed): angarach

Mutation

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