mítharraingteach

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ tarraingteach (“attractive”).

Adjective

mítharraingteach (genitive singular masculine mítharraingtigh, genitive singular feminine mítharraingtí, plural mítharraingteacha, comparative mítharraingtí)

1. unattractive, charmless

Declension

Declension of mítharraingteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	mítharraingteach	mhítharraingteach	mítharraingteacha; mhítharraingteacha²
Vocative	mhítharraingtigh		mítharraingteacha
Genitive		mítharraingtí	mítharraingteacha	mítharraingteach
Dative	mítharraingteach; mhítharraingteach¹	mhítharraingteach; mhítharraingtigh (archaic)	mítharraingteacha; mhítharraingteacha²
Comparative	níos mítharraingtí
Superlative	is mítharraingtí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

• tarraingteach (“attractive”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mítharraingteach	mhítharraingteach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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