ainteastach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aintestach (“unreliable witness”), from ainteist (legal term used of a person not qualified to act as witness, literally “non-witness”), from teist (“witness”).

Noun

ainteastach m (genitive singular ainteastaigh, nominative plural ainteastaigh)

  1. (law) false witness (a deceptive or misleading witness)

Declension

Declension of ainteastach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ainteastach ainteastaigh
vocative a ainteastaigh a ainteastacha
genitive ainteastaigh ainteastach
dative ainteastach ainteastaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ainteastach na hainteastaigh
genitive an ainteastaigh na n-ainteastach
dative leis an ainteastach
don ainteastach 		leis na hainteastaigh
  • fianaise bhréige (“false witness”) (deceptive public statements)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainteastach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainteastach n-ainteastach hainteastach 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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