achrannaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From achrann (“tangled growth; tangle, entanglement; (act of) quarrelling, strife”).

Noun

achrannaí f (genitive singular achrannaí)

1. intricateness
2. quarrelsomeness
3. fractiousness (of group)
4. deviousness, trickiness

Declension

Declension of achrannaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative achrannaí Vocative a achrannaí Genitive achrannaí Dative achrannaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an achrannaí Genitive na hachrannaí Dative leis an achrannaí don achrannaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

achrannaí

1. inflection of achrannach (“entangled, intricate; quarrelsome; rocky, difficult”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• achrannaighe (superseded)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Entries containing “achrannaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

References

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