aimléiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimiléiseach

Etymology

From aimléis (“wretchedness, misery”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aimléiseach (genitive singular masculine aimléisigh, genitive singular feminine aimléisí, plural aimléiseacha, comparative aimléisí)

1. wretched, miserable

Declension

Declension of aimléiseach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aimléiseach	aimléiseach	aimléiseacha
vocative	aimléisigh		aimléiseacha
genitive		aimléisí	aimléiseacha	aimléiseach
dative	aimléiseach	aimléiseach; aimléisigh (archaic)	aimléiseacha
Comparative	níos aimléisí
Superlative	is aimléisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aimléiseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aimléiseach	n-aimléiseach	haimléiseach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aimléiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN