míchaidreamhach

Irish

Etymology

From mí- (negative prefix) +‎ caidreamhach.

Adjective

míchaidreamhach (genitive singular masculine míchaidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine míchaidreamhaí, plural míchaidreamhacha, comparative míchaidreamhaí)

1. misanthropic, misanthropical

Declension

Declension of míchaidreamhach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	míchaidreamhach	mhíchaidreamhach	míchaidreamhacha; mhíchaidreamhacha²
Vocative	mhíchaidreamhaigh		míchaidreamhacha
Genitive		míchaidreamhaí	míchaidreamhacha	míchaidreamhach
Dative	míchaidreamhach; mhíchaidreamhach¹	mhíchaidreamhach; mhíchaidreamhaigh (archaic)	míchaidreamhacha; mhíchaidreamhacha²
Comparative	níos míchaidreamhaí
Superlative	is míchaidreamhaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• míchaidreamhacht

Noun

míchaidreamhach m (genitive singular míchaidreamhaigh, nominative plural míchaidreamhaigh)

1. misanthrope

Declension

Declension of míchaidreamhach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative míchaidreamhach míchaidreamhaigh Vocative a mhíchaidreamhaigh a mhíchaidreamhacha Genitive míchaidreamhaigh míchaidreamhach Dative míchaidreamhach míchaidreamhaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an míchaidreamhach na míchaidreamhaigh Genitive an mhíchaidreamhaigh na míchaidreamhach Dative leis an míchaidreamhach don mhíchaidreamhach leis na míchaidreamhaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
míchaidreamhach	mhíchaidreamhach	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) “míchaidreamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “míchaidreamhach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.