toirmeascach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From toirmeasc (“prohibition; prevention, hindrance; mischief, dissension; mishap, misfortune”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
toirmeascach (genitive singular masculine toirmeascaigh, genitive singular feminine toirmeascaí, plural toirmeascacha, comparative toirmeascaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of toirmeascach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | toirmeascach | thoirmeascach | toirmeascacha; thoirmeascacha² | |
| Vocative | thoirmeascaigh | toirmeascacha | ||
| Genitive | toirmeascaí | toirmeascacha | toirmeascach | |
| Dative | toirmeascach; thoirmeascach¹ |
thoirmeascach; thoirmeascaigh (archaic) |
toirmeascacha; thoirmeascacha² | |
| Comparative | níos toirmeascaí | |||
| Superlative | is toirmeascaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| toirmeascach | thoirmeascach | dtoirmeascach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirmeascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN