anchúinseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anchúinsiúil

Etymology

From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anchúinseach (genitive singular masculine anchúinsigh, genitive singular feminine anchúinsí, plural anchúinseacha, comparative anchúinsí)

1. monstrous, abnormal
2. scoundrelly

Declension

Declension of anchúinseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anchúinseach	anchúinseach	anchúinseacha
Vocative	anchúinsigh		anchúinseacha
Genitive		anchúinsí	anchúinseacha	anchúinseach
Dative	anchúinseach	anchúinseach; anchúinsigh (archaic)	anchúinseacha
Comparative	níos anchúinsí
Superlative	is anchúinsí

Related terms

• anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchúinseach	n-anchúinseach	hanchúinseach	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) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anchúinseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm