anchúinsiúil
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editanchúinsiúil (genitive singular masculine anchúinsiúil, genitive singular feminine anchúinsiúla, plural anchúinsiúla, comparative anchúinsiúla)
- Alternative form of anchúinseach (“monstrous, abnormal; scoundrelly”)
Declension
editDeclension of anchúinsiúich
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | anchúinsiúich | anchúinsiúich | anchúinsiú | |
Vocative | anchúinsiúich | anchúinsiú | ||
Genitive | anchúinsiú | anchúinsiú | anchúinsiúich | |
Dative | anchúinsiúich | anchúinsiúich | anchúinsiú | |
Comparative | níos anchúinsiú | |||
Superlative | is anchúinsiú |
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
anchúinsiúil | n-anchúinsiúil | hanchúinsiúil | 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) “anchúinseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN