From an- (negative prefix) + faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”).
anfhaiteach (genitive singular masculine anfhaitigh, genitive singular feminine anfhaití, plural anfhaiteacha, comparative anfhaití)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteacha | |
Vocative | anfhaitigh | anfhaiteacha | ||
Genitive | anfhaití | anfhaiteacha | anfhaiteach | |
Dative | anfhaiteach | anfhaiteach; anfhaitigh (archaic) |
anfhaiteacha | |
Comparative | níos anfhaití | |||
Superlative | is anfhaití |
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
anfhaiteach | n-anfhaiteach | hanfhaiteach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |