araíonach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From araí, araíon (“bridle; reins”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
araíonach (genitive singular masculine araíonaigh, genitive singular feminine araíonaí, plural araíonacha, comparative araíonaí)
Declension edit
Declension of araíonach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | araíonach | araíonach | araíonacha | |
| Vocative | araíonaigh | araíonacha | ||
| Genitive | araíonaí | araíonacha | araíonach | |
| Dative | araíonach | araíonach; araíonaigh (archaic) |
araíonacha | |
| Comparative | níos araíonaí | |||
| Superlative | is araíonaí | |||
Derived terms edit
- dea-araíonach (“well-favoured”, adjective)
- droch-araíonach (“ill-favoured, ugly; ill-humoured, ill-tempered, intolerant”, adjective)
- neamh-araíonach (“unrestrained”, adjective)
Related terms edit
- araíonacht f (“restraint”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| araíonach | n-araíonach | haraíonach | 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) “araíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN