mí-éifeachtach
Irish
Etymology
From mí-éifeacht (“ineffectiveness”) + -ach
Adjective
mí-éifeachtach (genitive singular masculine mí-éifeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mí-éifeachtaí, plural mí-éifeachtacha, comparative mí-éifeachtaí)
Declension
Declension of mí-éifeachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mí-éifeachtach | mhí-éifeachtach | mí-éifeachtacha; mhí-éifeachtacha² | |
| Vocative | mhí-éifeachtaigh | mí-éifeachtacha | ||
| Genitive | mí-éifeachtaí | mí-éifeachtacha | mí-éifeachtach | |
| Dative | mí-éifeachtach; mhí-éifeachtach¹ |
mhí-éifeachtach; mhí-éifeachtaigh (archaic) |
mí-éifeachtacha; mhí-éifeachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mí-éifeachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is mí-éifeachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mí-éifeachtach | mhí-éifeachtach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mí-éifeachtach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mí-éifeachtach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024