ainbheartach

Irish

Etymology

From ainbheart (“evil deed”) +‎ -ach, from Old Irish ainbert.

Adjective

ainbheartach (genitive singular masculine ainbheartaigh, genitive singular feminine ainbheartaí, plural ainbheartacha, not comparable)

1. evildoing

Declension

Declension of ainbheartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainbheartach	ainbheartach	ainbheartacha
Vocative	ainbheartaigh		ainbheartacha
Genitive		ainbheartaí	ainbheartacha	ainbheartach
Dative	ainbheartach	ainbheartach; ainbheartaigh (archaic)	ainbheartacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

ainbheartach m (genitive singular ainbheartaigh, nominative plural ainbheartaigh)

1. evildoer, ill-doer

Declension

Declension of ainbheartach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ainbheartach ainbheartaigh Vocative a ainbheartaigh a ainbheartacha Genitive ainbheartaigh ainbheartach Dative ainbheartach ainbheartaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ainbheartach na hainbheartaigh Genitive an ainbheartaigh na n-ainbheartach Dative leis an ainbheartach don ainbheartach leis na hainbheartaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainbheartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN