ainbhéasach

Irish

Etymology

From ainbhéas (“vice”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainbhéasach (genitive singular masculine ainbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine ainbhéasaí, plural ainbhéasacha, comparative ainbhéasaí)

1. vicious

Declension

Declension of ainbhéasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasacha
vocative	ainbhéasaigh		ainbhéasacha
genitive		ainbhéasaí	ainbhéasacha	ainbhéasach
dative	ainbhéasach	ainbhéasach; ainbhéasaigh (archaic)	ainbhéasacha
Comparative	níos ainbhéasaí
Superlative	is ainbhéasaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbhéasach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainbhéasach	n-ainbhéasach	hainbhéasach	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) “ainbhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN