ainbhéasach

Irish

Etymology

From ainbhéas (“vice”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainbhéasach (genitive singular masculine ainbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine ainbhéasaí, plural ainbhéasacha, comparative ainbhéasaí)

1. vicious

Declension

Declension of ainbhéasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasacha
Vocative	ainbhéasaigh		ainbhéasacha
Genitive		ainbhéasaí	ainbhéasacha	ainbhéasach
Dative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach; ainbhéasaigh (archaic)	ainbhéasacha
Comparative	níos ainbhéasaí
Superlative	is ainbhéasaí

Mutation

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