aiféalach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aiféileach
• aithmhéalach, aithmhéileach (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithmélach; synchronically aiféala +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafʲeːləx/

Adjective

aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)

1. regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
   • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20

     šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.

     conventional orthography: Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht.

     I think he’s regretful about selling his house.

   Synonyms: brónach, buartha

2. shamefaced, shy
3. (of illness) lingering

Declension

Declension of aiféalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aiféalach	aiféalach	aiféalacha
Vocative	aiféalaigh		aiféalacha
Genitive		aiféalaí	aiféalacha	aiféalach
Dative	aiféalach	aiféalach; aiféalaigh (archaic)	aiféalacha
Comparative	níos aiféalaí
Superlative	is aiféalaí

Related terms

• aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)
• aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aiféalach	n-aiféalach	haiféalach	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) “aiféalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithmélach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aiféalach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aiféalach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024