andúileach

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Irish

Etymology

From andúil (“craving; addiction”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

andúileach m (genitive singular andúiligh, nominative plural andúiligh)

  1. addict, junkie

Declension

Declension of andúileach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative andúileach andúiligh
vocative a andúiligh a andúileacha
genitive andúiligh andúileach
dative andúileach andúiligh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-andúileach na handúiligh
genitive an andúiligh na n-andúileach
dative leis an andúileach
don andúileach 		leis na handúiligh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of andúileach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
andúileach n-andúileach handúileach t-andúileach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “andúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “addict”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “junkie”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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