urbhadhach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish airbadach (“baneful, destructive, harmful; grieved, distressed”), from airbaid (“bane, harm, destruction; evil, malice”); synchronically, urbhaidh (“bane, destruction”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
urbhadhach (genitive singular masculine urbhadhaigh, genitive singular feminine urbhadhaí, plural urbhadhacha, comparative urbhadhaí)
- (literary) baneful, destructive
Declension
Declension of urbhadhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | urbhadhach | urbhadhach | urbhadhacha | |
| Vocative | urbhadhaigh | urbhadhacha | ||
| Genitive | urbhadhaí | urbhadhacha | urbhadhach | |
| Dative | urbhadhach | urbhadhach; urbhadhaigh (archaic) | urbhadhacha | |
| Comparative | níos urbhadhaí | |||
| Superlative | is urbhadhaí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| urbhadhach | n-urbhadhach | hurbhadhach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “airbadach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Further reading
- "urbhadhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.