asmach

Irish

Etymology

From asma (“asthma”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

asmach (genitive singular masculine asmaigh, genitive singular feminine asmaí, plural asmacha, comparative asmaí)

1. asthmatic

   Synonyms: gearranálach, múchtach

Declension

Declension of asmach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	asmach	asmach	asmacha
Vocative	asmaigh		asmacha
Genitive		asmaí	asmacha	asmach
Dative	asmach	asmach; asmaigh (archaic)	asmacha
Comparative	níos asmaí
Superlative	is asmaí

Noun

asmach m (genitive singular asmaigh, nominative plural asmaigh)

1. asthmatic

Declension

Declension of asmach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative asmach asmaigh Vocative a asmaigh a asmacha Genitive asmaigh asmach Dative asmach asmaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-asmach na hasmaigh Genitive an asmaigh na n-asmach Dative leis an asmach don asmach leis na hasmaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
asmach	n-asmach	hasmach	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) “asmach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “asmach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “asmach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024