adhnáireach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish adnáirech (“very modest”, adjective), from adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shame”). By surface analysis, adhnáire (“shame; modesty”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)

  1. shameful
  2. modest

Declension

Declension of adhnáireach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative adhnáireach adhnáireach adhnáireacha
vocative adhnáirigh adhnáireacha
genitive adhnáirí adhnáireacha adhnáireach
dative adhnáireach adhnáireach;
adhnáirigh (archaic) 		adhnáireacha
Comparative níos adhnáirí
Superlative is adhnáirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhnáireach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnáireach n-adhnáireach hadhnáireach 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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