Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack; proceed to, approach; set about, attempt; reach, attain; seek out”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]ionsaitheach (genitive singular masculine ionsaithigh, genitive singular feminine ionsaithí, plural ionsaitheacha, comparative ionsaithí)
Declension
[edit]| Positive | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | strong noun | weak noun | |
| nominative | ionsaitheach | ionsaitheach | ionsaitheacha | |
| vocative | ionsaithigh | ionsaitheacha | ||
| genitive | ionsaithí | ionsaitheacha | ionsaitheach | |
| dative | ionsaitheach | ionsaitheach; ionsaithigh (archaic) |
ionsaitheacha | |
| Comparative | níos ionsaithí | |||
| Superlative | is ionsaithí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- (attacking, aggressive): ionsaitheoir
- (optics): ionsaitheacht
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ionsaitheach m (genitive singular ionsaithigh, nominative plural ionsaithigh)
- synonym of ionsaitheoir (“attacker, aggressor”)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ionsaitheach | n-ionsaitheach | hionsaitheach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ionsaitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
