urnaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airnaigthech (“prayerful, devout”), from airnigde f (“act of praying; prayer”). By surface analysis, urnaí +‎ -ach.

Adjective

urnaitheach (genitive singular masculine urnaithigh, genitive singular feminine urnaithí, plural urnaitheacha, comparative urnaithí)

  1. prayerful; devout

Declension

Declension of urnaitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative urnaitheach urnaitheach urnaitheacha
vocative urnaithigh urnaitheacha
genitive urnaithí urnaitheacha urnaitheach
dative urnaitheach urnaitheach;
urnaithigh (archaic) 		urnaitheacha
Comparative níos urnaithí
Superlative is urnaithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of urnaitheach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urnaitheach n-urnaitheach hurnaitheach 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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