adhnáireach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish adnáirech (“very modest”, adjective), from adnáire f (“great shame”), from ad- + náire f (“shame”). By surface analysis, adhnáire (“shame; modesty”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)

  1. shameful
  2. modest

Declension

Declension of adhnáireach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative adhnáireach adhnáireach adhnáireacha
vocative adhnáirigh adhnáireacha
genitive adhnáirí adhnáireacha adhnáireach
dative adhnáireach adhnáireach;
adhnáirigh (archaic) 		adhnáireacha
Comparative níos adhnáirí
Superlative is adhnáirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhnáireach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhnáireach n-adhnáireach hadhnáireach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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