urbhadhach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airbadach (baneful, destructive, harmful; grieved, distressed), from airbaid (bane, harm, destruction; evil, malice). By surface analysis, urbhaidh (bane, destruction) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

urbhadhach (genitive singular masculine urbhadhaigh, genitive singular feminine urbhadhaí, plural urbhadhacha, comparative urbhadhaí)

  1. (literary) baneful, destructive

Declension

Declension of urbhadhach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative urbhadhach urbhadhach urbhadhacha
vocative urbhadhaigh urbhadhacha
genitive urbhadhaí urbhadhacha urbhadhach
dative urbhadhach urbhadhach;
urbhadhaigh (archaic)
urbhadhacha
Comparative níos urbhadhaí
Superlative is urbhadhaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of urbhadhach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urbhadhach n-urbhadhach hurbhadhach 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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