ainbheacht
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish ainbecht (“uncertain, indefinite”). By surface analysis, ain- (negative prefix) + beacht (“exact, precise”).
Adjective
editainbheacht (genitive singular masculine ainbheacht, genitive singular feminine ainbheaichte, plural ainbheachta, comparative ainbheaichte)
Declension
editDeclension of ainbheacht
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ainbheacht | ainbheacht | ainbheachta; ainbheachta² | |
Vocative | ainbheacht | ainbheachta | ||
Genitive | ainbheaichte | ainbheachta | ainbheacht | |
Dative | ainbheacht; ainbheacht¹ |
ainbheacht; ainbheacht (archaic) |
ainbheachta; ainbheachta² | |
Comparative | níos ainbheaichte | |||
Superlative | is ainbheaichte |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ainbheacht | n-ainbheacht | hainbheacht | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainbheacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN