angarach
Irish
Alternative forms
- amhgarach
Etymology
From angar (“want, distress, affliction, austerity, privation”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
angarach (genitive singular masculine angaraigh, genitive singular feminine angaraí, plural angaracha, comparative angaraí)
- distressed, afflicted
Declension
Declension of angarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | angarach | angarach | angaracha | |
Vocative | angaraigh | angaracha | ||
Genitive | angaraí | angaracha | angarach | |
Dative | angarach | angarach; angaraigh (archaic) | angaracha | |
Comparative | níos angaraí | |||
Superlative | is angaraí |
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
angarach | n-angarach | hangarach | 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), “angarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “angarach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.