útamálach

Irish

Etymology

From útamáil (“(act of) fumbling, groping, bungling; (act of) pottering”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

útamálach (genitive singular masculine útamálaigh, genitive singular feminine útamálaí, plural útamálacha, comparative útamálaí)

1. fumbling, bungling

Declension

Declension of útamálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	útamálach	útamálach	útamálacha
Vocative	útamálaigh		útamálacha
Genitive		útamálaí	útamálacha	útamálach
Dative	útamálach	útamálach; útamálaigh (archaic)	útamálacha
Comparative	níos útamálaí
Superlative	is útamálaí

Synonyms

• (fumbling): breallach, liobarnach, liopasta, místuama, tútach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
útamálach	n-útamálach	hútamálach	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) “útamálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fumbling”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024