ainmhíoch

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Irish

Etymology

From ainmhí (“animal”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainmhíoch (genitive singular masculine ainmhíoch, genitive singular feminine ainmhíche, plural ainmhíocha, comparative ainmhíche)

  1. animal, brutish
  2. (biology) faunistic

Declension

Declension of ainmhíoch
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ainmhíoch ainmhíoch ainmhíocha
vocative ainmhíoch ainmhíocha
genitive ainmhíche ainmhíocha ainmhíoch
dative ainmhíoch ainmhíoch ainmhíocha
Comparative níos ainmhíche
Superlative is ainmhíche

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainmhíoch
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainmhíoch n-ainmhíoch hainmhíoch 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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