toirmeascach

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Irish

Etymology

From toirmeasc (“prohibition; prevention, hindrance; mischief, dissension; mishap, misfortune”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

toirmeascach (genitive singular masculine toirmeascaigh, genitive singular feminine toirmeascaí, plural toirmeascacha, comparative toirmeascaí)

  1. prohibitive; preventive, obstructive
  2. mischievous
  3. accidental

Declension

Declension of toirmeascach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative toirmeascach thoirmeascach toirmeascacha;
thoirmeascacha²
Vocative thoirmeascaigh toirmeascacha
Genitive toirmeascaí toirmeascacha toirmeascach
Dative toirmeascach;
thoirmeascach¹ 		thoirmeascach;
thoirmeascaigh (archaic) 		toirmeascacha;
thoirmeascacha²
Comparative níos toirmeascaí
Superlative is toirmeascaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
toirmeascach thoirmeascach dtoirmeascach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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