aindleathach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aindlítheach

Etymology

From ain- (negative prefix) +‎ dleathach (“lawful, legal; valid, genuine; just, proper”). Compare Old Irish aindligthech (“unlawful, unjust”).

Adjective

aindleathach (genitive singular masculine aindleathaigh, genitive singular feminine aindleathaí, plural aindleathacha, comparative aindleathaí)

1. illegal

Declension

Declension of aindleathach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aindleathach	aindleathach	aindleathacha
Vocative	aindleathaigh		aindleathacha
Genitive		aindleathaí	aindleathacha	aindleathach
Dative	aindleathach	aindleathach; aindleathaigh (archaic)	aindleathacha
Comparative	níos aindleathaí
Superlative	is aindleathaí

Related terms

• aindleathacht f (“illegality”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aindleathach	n-aindleathach	haindleathach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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