anabarrach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish anbáil + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanaparˠəx/
Adjective
anabarrach
- exceeding, excessive
- Meudaichidh mi thu gu h-anabarrach. ― I will increase you exceedingly. (Sometimes used as an adverb.)
- anabarrach fireanta ― over much righteous
- redundant, superfluous
- desperate, indispensable
- anabarrach aingidh ― desperately wicked
- anabarrach feumail ― indispensably or very necessary
- shocking, terrible
- tip-top, ripping
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anabarrach | n-anabarrach | h-anabarrach | t-anabarrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “anabarrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- Gaelic Without Groans (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1962, by John MacKechnie)