imeachtrach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish immechtrach (“outer, external, outside, further; extreme, final, utter”), from immechtar (“extremity, outside, end”); synchronically, imeachtar (“outer part, outside; outer region, outskirts”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
imeachtrach (genitive singular masculine imeachtraigh, genitive singular feminine imeachtraí, plural imeachtracha, comparative imeachtraí)
- outer, external; further, remote
Declension
Declension of imeachtrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | imeachtrach | imeachtrach | imeachtracha | |
| Vocative | imeachtraigh | imeachtracha | ||
| Genitive | imeachtraí | imeachtracha | imeachtrach | |
| Dative | imeachtrach | imeachtrach; imeachtraigh (archaic) | imeachtracha | |
| Comparative | níos imeachtraí | |||
| Superlative | is imeachtraí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| imeachtrach | n-imeachtrach | himeachtrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "imeachtrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “immechtrach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.