araíonach

Irish

Etymology

From araí, araíon (bridle; reins) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

araíonach (genitive singular masculine araíonaigh, genitive singular feminine araíonaí, plural araíonacha, comparative araíonaí)

  1. restrained

Declension

Declension of araíonach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative araíonach araíonach araíonacha
vocative araíonaigh araíonacha
genitive araíonaí araíonacha araíonach
dative araíonach araíonach;
araíonaigh (archaic)
araíonacha
Comparative níos araíonaí
Superlative is araíonaí

Derived terms

  • dea-araíonach (well-favoured, adjective)
  • droch-araíonach (ill-favoured, ugly; ill-humoured, ill-tempered, intolerant, adjective)
  • neamh-araíonach (unrestrained, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of araíonach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
araíonach n-araíonach haraíonach 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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