anchaoi

Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ caoi.

Noun

anchaoi f (genitive singular anchaoi)

1. wretchedness (of repair, health, etc.)

Declension

Declension of anchaoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative anchaoi Vocative a anchaoi Genitive anchaoi Dative anchaoi

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an anchaoi Genitive na hanchaoi Dative leis an anchaoi don anchaoi

Synonyms

• drochbhail

Derived terms

• ar anchaoi, in anchaoi (“in a bad way, plight”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchaoi	n-anchaoi	hanchaoi	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) “anchaoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “wretchedness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024