áiféiseach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom áiféis (“exaggeration; nonsense; drollery”) -ach.
Adjective
editáiféiseach (genitive singular masculine áiféisigh, genitive singular feminine áiféisí, plural áiféiseacha, comparative áiféisí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | áiféiseach | áiféiseach | áiféiseacha | |
vocative | áiféisigh | áiféiseacha | ||
genitive | áiféisí | áiféiseacha | áiféiseach | |
dative | áiféiseach | áiféiseach; áiféisigh (archaic) |
áiféiseacha | |
Comparative | níos áiféisí | |||
Superlative | is áiféisí |
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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áiféiseach | n-áiféiseach | háiféiseach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áiféiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN