aiceifealach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”)) + -ach). Compare ceifeala- (“cephal(o)-”), from the same Greek root.

Adjective

aiceifealach (genitive singular masculine aiceifealaigh, genitive singular feminine aiceifealaí, plural aiceifealacha, comparative aiceifealaí)

  1. acephalous

Declension

Declension of aiceifealach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aiceifealach aiceifealach aiceifealacha
vocative aiceifealaigh aiceifealacha
genitive aiceifealaí aiceifealacha aiceifealach
dative aiceifealach aiceifealach;
aiceifealaigh (archaic) 		aiceifealacha
Comparative níos aiceifealaí
Superlative is aiceifealaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiceifealach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiceifealach n-aiceifealach haiceifealach not applicable

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

References

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