From Old Irish airnaigthech (“prayerful, devout”), from airnigde f (“act of praying; prayer”). By surface analysis, urnaí + -ach.
urnaitheach (genitive singular masculine urnaithigh, genitive singular feminine urnaithí, plural urnaitheacha, comparative urnaithí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | urnaitheach | urnaitheach | urnaitheacha | |
Vocative | urnaithigh | urnaitheacha | ||
Genitive | urnaithí | urnaitheacha | urnaitheach | |
Dative | urnaitheach | urnaitheach; urnaithigh (archaic) |
urnaitheacha | |
Comparative | níos urnaithí | |||
Superlative | is urnaithí |
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
urnaitheach | n-urnaitheach | hurnaitheach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |