ainéifeachtach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ain- (“in-, un-, not”) + éifeachtach (“efficacious, effective”) or ainéifeacht (“inefficacy”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]ainéifeachtach (genitive singular masculine ainéifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainéifeachtaí, plural ainéifeachtacha, comparative ainéifeachtaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ainéifeachtach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtacha | |
Vocative | ainéifeachtaigh | ainéifeachtacha | ||
Genitive | ainéifeachtaí | ainéifeachtacha | ainéifeachtach | |
Dative | ainéifeachtach | ainéifeachtach; ainéifeachtaigh (archaic) |
ainéifeachtacha | |
Comparative | níos ainéifeachtaí | |||
Superlative | is ainéifeachtaí |
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainéifeachtach | n-ainéifeachtach | hainéifeachtach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainéifeachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN