aiféalach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithmélach. By surface analysis, aiféala +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)

  1. regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
    Synonyms: brónach, buartha
    • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
      šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
      Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht. (conventional orthography)
      I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
  2. shamefaced, shy
  3. lingering (of illness)

Declension

Declension of aiféalach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative aiféalach aiféalach aiféalacha
vocative aiféalaigh aiféalacha
genitive aiféalaí aiféalacha aiféalach
dative aiféalach aiféalach;
aiféalaigh (archaic) 		aiféalacha
Comparative níos aiféalaí
Superlative is aiféalaí
  • aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)
  • aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiféalach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiféalach n-aiféalach haiféalach 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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