anfhaiteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From an- (negative prefix) + faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”).
Adjective edit
anfhaiteach (genitive singular masculine anfhaitigh, genitive singular feminine anfhaití, plural anfhaiteacha, comparative anfhaití)
Declension edit
Declension of anfhaiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteacha | |
| Vocative | anfhaitigh | anfhaiteacha | ||
| Genitive | anfhaití | anfhaiteacha | anfhaiteach | |
| Dative | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteach; anfhaitigh (archaic) |
anfhaiteacha | |
| Comparative | níos anfhaití | |||
| Superlative | is anfhaití | |||
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anfhaiteach | n-anfhaiteach | hanfhaiteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anfhaiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN