ionsaitheach

Irish

Etymology 1

From ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack; proceed to, approach; set about, attempt; reach, attain; seek out”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ionsaitheach (genitive singular masculine ionsaithigh, genitive singular feminine ionsaithí, plural ionsaitheacha, comparative ionsaithí)

  1. attacking, aggressive
  2. (optics) incident
Declension
Declension of ionsaitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ionsaitheach ionsaitheach ionsaitheacha
vocative ionsaithigh ionsaitheacha
genitive ionsaithí ionsaitheacha ionsaitheach
dative ionsaitheach ionsaitheach;
ionsaithigh (archaic) 		ionsaitheacha
Comparative níos ionsaithí
Superlative is ionsaithí

Etymology 2

From ionsaigh (verb) +‎ -ach.

Noun

ionsaitheach m (genitive singular ionsaithigh, nominative plural ionsaithigh)

  1. synonym of ionsaitheoir (“attacker, aggressor”)
Declension
Declension of ionsaitheach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh
vocative a ionsaithigh a ionsaitheacha
genitive ionsaithigh ionsaitheach
dative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ionsaitheach na hionsaithigh
genitive an ionsaithigh na n-ionsaitheach
dative leis an ionsaitheach
don ionsaitheach 		leis na hionsaithigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionsaitheach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionsaitheach n-ionsaitheach hionsaitheach 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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