ainsealach

Irish

Etymology

From ainseal +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ainsealach (genitive singular masculine ainsealaigh, genitive singular feminine ainsealaí, plural ainsealacha, comparative ainsealaí)

  1. (medicine, of disease, pain etc.) chronic

Declension

Declension of ainsealach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ainsealach ainsealach ainsealacha
vocative ainsealaigh ainsealacha
genitive ainsealaí ainsealacha ainsealach
dative ainsealach ainsealach;
ainsealaigh (archaic)
ainsealacha
Comparative níos ainsealaí
Superlative is ainsealaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainsealach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainsealach n-ainsealach hainsealach 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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