aimléiseach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aimiléiseach
Etymology
From aimléis (“wretchedness, misery”) + -ach.
Adjective
aimléiseach (genitive singular masculine aimléisigh, genitive singular feminine aimléisí, plural aimléiseacha, comparative aimléisí)
- wretched, miserable
Declension
Declension of aimléiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aimléiseach | aimléiseach | aimléiseacha | |
| Vocative | aimléisigh | aimléiseacha | ||
| Genitive | aimléisí | aimléiseacha | aimléiseach | |
| Dative | aimléiseach | aimléiseach; aimléisigh (archaic) | aimléiseacha | |
| Comparative | níos aimléisí | |||
| Superlative | is aimléisí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aimléiseach | n-aimléiseach | haimléiseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aimléiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.