anróiteach

Irish

Alternative forms

• anróch

Etymology

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Adjective

anróiteach (genitive singular masculine anróitigh, genitive singular feminine anróití, plural anróiteacha, comparative anróití)

1. severe, inclement

   Synonym: dona

2. distressing

   Synonyms: cráite, dochraideach, léanmhar

Declension

Declension of anróiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anróiteach	anróiteach	anróiteacha
Vocative	anróitigh		anróiteacha
Genitive		anróití	anróiteacha	anróiteach
Dative	anróiteach	anróiteach; anróitigh (archaic)	anróiteacha
Comparative	níos anróití
Superlative	is anróití

Related terms

• anró (“hardship (due to severe weather); wretched condition”)
• anróiteacht (“severity, inclemency (of weather); wretchedness”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anróiteach	n-anróiteach	hanróiteach	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) “anróiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “anróiteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “anróiteach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.