aimirneach

Irish

Etymology

From aimirne (“craving for food”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aimirneach (genitive singular masculine aimirnigh, genitive singular feminine aimirní, plural aimirneacha, comparative aimirní)

1. ravenous

Declension

Declension of aimirneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aimirneach	aimirneach	aimirneacha
Vocative	aimirnigh		aimirneacha
Genitive		aimirní	aimirneacha	aimirneach
Dative	aimirneach	aimirneach; aimirnigh (archaic)	aimirneacha
Comparative	níos aimirní
Superlative	is aimirní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimirneach	n-aimirneach	haimirneach	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) “aimirneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN