araíonach

Irish

Etymology

From araí, araíon (“bridle; reins”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

araíonach (genitive singular masculine araíonaigh, genitive singular feminine araíonaí, plural araíonacha, comparative araíonaí)

1. restrained

Declension

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

• dea-araíonach (“well-favoured”, adjective)
• droch-araíonach (“ill-favoured, ugly; ill-humoured, ill-tempered, intolerant”, adjective)
• neamh-araíonach (“unrestrained”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• araíonacht f (“restraint”)

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “araíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN