aisnéalach
Irish
Etymology
From aisnéal (“swoon”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
aisnéalach (genitive singular masculine aisnéalaigh, genitive singular feminine aisnéalaí, plural aisnéalacha, not comparable)
- swooning; subject to fainting fits
Declension
Declension of aisnéalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aisnéalach | aisnéalach | aisnéalacha | |
| Vocative | aisnéalaigh | aisnéalacha | ||
| Genitive | aisnéalaí | aisnéalacha | aisnéalach | |
| Dative | aisnéalach | aisnéalach; aisnéalaigh (archaic) | aisnéalacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aisnéalach | n-aisnéalach | haisnéalach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aisnéalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.