arganach

Irish

Alternative forms

• argaineach

Etymology

From argain (“destruction, plunder”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

arganach (genitive singular masculine arganaigh, genitive singular feminine arganaí, plural arganacha, comparative arganaí)

1. destructive

Declension

Declension of arganach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	arganach	arganach	arganacha
Vocative	arganaigh		arganacha
Genitive		arganaí	arganacha	arganach
Dative	arganach	arganach; arganaigh (archaic)	arganacha
Comparative	níos arganaí
Superlative	is arganaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arganach	n-arganach	harganach	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) “arganach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN