andúileach

Irish

Etymology

From andúil (“craving; addiction”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

andúileach m (genitive singular andúiligh, nominative plural andúiligh)

1. addict, junkie

Declension

Declension of andúileach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative andúileach andúiligh Vocative a andúiligh a andúileacha Genitive andúiligh andúileach Dative andúileach andúiligh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-andúileach na handúiligh Genitive an andúiligh na n-andúileach Dative leis an andúileach don andúileach leis na handúiligh

Derived terms

• andúileach drugaí (“drug-addict”)
• andúileach codlaidín (“opium-fiend”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “andúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “addict”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “junkie”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024