imeaglach

Irish

Etymology

From imeagla (“great fear, terror, dread”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

imeaglach (genitive singular masculine imeaglaigh, genitive singular feminine imeaglaí, plural imeaglacha, comparative imeaglaí)

1. fearful, frightened
2. dreadful, terrible

Declension

Declension of imeaglach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	imeaglach	imeaglach	imeaglacha
Vocative	imeaglaigh		imeaglacha
Genitive		imeaglaí	imeaglacha	imeaglach
Dative	imeaglach	imeaglach; imeaglaigh (archaic)	imeaglacha
Comparative	níos imeaglaí
Superlative	is imeaglaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imeaglach	n-imeaglach	himeaglach	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) “imeaglach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “imeaglach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm