éadrócaireach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From éa- + trócaireach, from trócaire + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]éadrócaireach (genitive singular masculine éadrócairigh, genitive singular feminine éadrócairí, plural éadrócaireacha, comparative éadrócairí)
- unmerciful, merciless
- Synonym: neamhthrócaireach
Declension
[edit]Declension of éadrócaireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireacha | |
| Vocative | éadrócairigh | éadrócaireacha | ||
| Genitive | éadrócairí | éadrócaireacha | éadrócaireach | |
| Dative | éadrócaireach | éadrócaireach; éadrócairigh (archaic) |
éadrócaireacha | |
| Comparative | níos éadrócairí | |||
| Superlative | is éadrócairí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| éadrócaireach | n-éadrócaireach | héadrócaireach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “étrócairech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éadtrócaireaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éadrócaireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN