araíonach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From araí, araíon (“bridle; reins”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]araíonach (genitive singular masculine araíonaigh, genitive singular feminine araíonaí, plural araíonacha, comparative araíonaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of araíonach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | araíonach | araíonach | araíonacha | |
| Vocative | araíonaigh | araíonacha | ||
| Genitive | araíonaí | araíonacha | araíonach | |
| Dative | araíonach | araíonach; araíonaigh (archaic) |
araíonacha | |
| Comparative | níos araíonaí | |||
| Superlative | is araíonaí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- dea-araíonach (“well-favoured”, adjective)
- droch-araíonach (“ill-favoured, ugly; ill-humoured, ill-tempered, intolerant”, adjective)
- neamh-araíonach (“unrestrained”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]- araíonacht f (“restraint”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| araíonach | n-araíonach | haraíonach | 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) “araíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN