achrannaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From achrann (“tangled growth; tangle, entanglement; (act of) quarrelling, strife”).

Noun

achrannaí f (genitive singular achrannaí)

  1. intricateness
  2. quarrelsomeness
  3. fractiousness (of group)
  4. deviousness, trickiness
Declension
Declension of achrannaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative achrannaí
vocative a achrannaí
genitive achrannaí
dative achrannaí
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an achrannaí
genitive na hachrannaí
dative leis an achrannaí
don achrannaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

achrannaí

  1. inflection of achrannach (“entangled, intricate; quarrelsome; rocky, difficult”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree
Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of achrannaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
achrannaí n-achrannaí hachrannaí not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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