aistreánach
Irish
Etymology
From aistreán (“out-of-the-way place; inconvenience”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
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
- (of bird, etc.) migratory
- Synonym: imirceach
Declension
Declension of aistreánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
Irish mutation | |||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aistreánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aistreánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aistreánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024