aistreánach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aistreán (“out-of-the-way place; inconvenience”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
aistreánach (genitive singular masculine aistreánaigh, genitive singular feminine aistreánaí, plural aistreánacha, comparative aistreánaí)
- (of place)
- out of the way, inconvenient, un-get-at-able, difficult to get at
- Synonym: aistreach
- rugged
- out of the way, inconvenient, un-get-at-able, difficult to get at
- migratory (of bird, etc.)
- Synonym: imirceach
Declension[edit]
Declension of aistreánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aistreánach | aistreánach | aistreánacha | |
| Vocative | aistreánaigh | aistreánacha | ||
| Genitive | aistreánaí | aistreánacha | aistreánach | |
| Dative | aistreánach | aistreánach; aistreánaigh (archaic) |
aistreánacha | |
| Comparative | níos aistreánaí | |||
| Superlative | is aistreánaí | |||
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aistreánach | n-aistreánach | haistreánach | 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) “aistreánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aistreánach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aistreánach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.