áiféiseach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From áiféis (“exaggeration; nonsense; drollery”) -ach.
Adjective
[edit]áiféiseach (genitive singular masculine áiféisigh, genitive singular feminine áiféisí, plural áiféiseacha, comparative áiféisí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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