aiciseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• acaiseach

Etymology

From aicis (“spite, rancor, venom”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aiciseach (genitive singular masculine aicisigh, genitive singular feminine aicisí, plural aiciseacha, comparative aicisí)

1. venomous, rancorous, spiteful

Declension

Declension of aiciseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aiciseach	aiciseach	aiciseacha
Vocative	aicisigh		aiciseacha
Genitive		aicisí	aiciseacha	aiciseach
Dative	aiciseach	aiciseach; aicisigh (archaic)	aiciseacha
Comparative	níos aicisí
Superlative	is aicisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiciseach	n-aiciseach	haiciseach	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) “aiciseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accaisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “acaiseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 3
• Entries containing “aiciseach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.