aiféalach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aiféileach
- aithmhéalach, aithmhéileach (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithmélach; synchronically aiféala + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːləx/
Adjective
aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)
- regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20.
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht. (conventional orthography)
- I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- Synonyms: brónach, buartha
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20.
- shamefaced, shy
- (of illness) lingering
Declension
Declension of aiféalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aiféalach | aiféalach | aiféalacha | |
| Vocative | aiféalaigh | aiféalacha | ||
| Genitive | aiféalaí | aiféalacha | aiféalach | |
| Dative | aiféalach | aiféalach; aiféalaigh (archaic) | aiféalacha | |
| Comparative | níos aiféalaí | |||
| Superlative | is aiféalaí | |||
Related terms
- aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)
- aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aiféalach | n-aiféalach | haiféalach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aiféalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithmélach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “aiṫṁéalaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 22
- Entries containing “aiféalach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aiféalach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.