ainéifeachtach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ain- (“in-, un-, not”) + éifeachtach (“efficacious, effective”) or ainéifeacht (“inefficacy”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]ainéifeachtach (genitive singular masculine ainéifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainéifeachtaí, plural ainéifeachtacha, comparative ainéifeachtaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ainéifeachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtacha | |
| Vocative | ainéifeachtaigh | ainéifeachtacha | ||
| Genitive | ainéifeachtaí | ainéifeachtacha | ainéifeachtach | |
| Dative | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtach; ainéifeachtaigh (archaic) |
ainéifeachtacha | |
| Comparative | níos ainéifeachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is ainéifeachtaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ainéifeachtach | n-ainéifeachtach | hainéifeachtach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainéifeachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN