toirmeascach

Irish

Etymology

From toirmeasc (“prohibition; prevention, hindrance; mischief, dissension; mishap, misfortune”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

toirmeascach (genitive singular masculine toirmeascaigh, genitive singular feminine toirmeascaí, plural toirmeascacha, comparative toirmeascaí)

  1. prohibitive; preventive, obstructive
  2. mischievous
  3. accidental

Declension

Declension of toirmeascach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative toirmeascach thoirmeascach toirmeascacha;
thoirmeascacha2
vocative thoirmeascaigh toirmeascacha
genitive toirmeascaí toirmeascacha toirmeascach
dative toirmeascach;
thoirmeascach1 		thoirmeascach;
thoirmeascaigh (archaic) 		toirmeascacha;
thoirmeascacha2
Comparative níos toirmeascaí
Superlative is toirmeascaí

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 toirmeascach
radical lenition eclipsis
toirmeascach thoirmeascach dtoirmeascach

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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