afanaipteireach

Irish

Etymology

From Aphaniptera + -ach.

Adjective

afanaipteireach (genitive singular masculine afanaipteirigh, genitive singular feminine afanaipteirí, plural afanaipteireacha, comparative afanaipteirí)

1. (zoology) aphanipterous

Declension

Declension of afanaipteireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireacha
vocative	afanaipteirigh		afanaipteireacha
genitive		afanaipteirí	afanaipteireacha	afanaipteireach
dative	afanaipteireach	afanaipteireach; afanaipteirigh (archaic)	afanaipteireacha
Comparative	níos afanaipteirí
Superlative	is afanaipteirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of afanaipteireach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
afanaipteireach	n-afanaipteireach	hafanaipteireach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “afanaipteireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN