útamálach
Irish
Etymology
From útamáil (“(act of) fumbling, groping, bungling; (act of) pottering”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
útamálach (genitive singular masculine útamálaigh, genitive singular feminine útamálaí, plural útamálacha, comparative útamálaí)
- fumbling, bungling
Declension
Declension of útamálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | útamálach | útamálach | útamálacha | |
| Vocative | útamálaigh | útamálacha | ||
| Genitive | útamálaí | útamálacha | útamálach | |
| Dative | útamálach | útamálach; útamálaigh (archaic) | útamálacha | |
| Comparative | níos útamálaí | |||
| Superlative | is útamálaí | |||
Synonyms
- (fumbling): breallach, liobarnach, liopasta, místuama, tútach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| útamálach | n-útamálach | hútamálach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "útamálach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “fumbling” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.