mínáireach

See also: mì-nàireach and mí-náireach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mínáire (“shamelessness”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) an d/or mí- (negative prefix) +‎ náireach (“shameful”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˌmʲiːˈn̪ˠɑːɾʲəx/[1]

Adjective

mínáireach (genitive singular masculine mínáirigh, genitive singular feminine mínáirí, plural mínáireacha, comparative mínáirí)

  1. shameless
    Synonyms: dínáireach, neamhnáireach
  2. cross, vicious

Declension

Declension of mínáireach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mínáireach mhínáireach mínáireacha;
mhínáireacha2
vocative mhínáirigh mínáireacha
genitive mínáirí mínáireacha mínáireach
dative mínáireach;
mhínáireach1 		mhínáireach;
mhínáirigh (archaic) 		mínáireacha;
mhínáireacha2
Comparative níos mínáirí
Superlative is mínáirí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of mínáireach
radical lenition eclipsis
mínáireach mhínáireach 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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 276, page 137

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