anasach

Irish

Etymology

From anas (“anus”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anasach (genitive singular masculine anasaigh, genitive singular feminine anasaí, plural anasacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) anal (relating to the anus)

   Synonyms: timpireach, tóna

Declension

Declension of anasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anasach	anasach	anasacha
Vocative	anasaigh		anasacha
Genitive		anasaí	anasacha	anasach
Dative	anasach	anasach; anasaigh (archaic)	anasacha
Comparative	níos anasaí
Superlative	is anasaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anasach	n-anasach	hanasach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024