ainciseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aingceiseach, aingciseach

Etymology

From aincis (“malignancy; peevishness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainciseach (genitive singular masculine aincisigh, genitive singular feminine aincisí, plural ainciseacha, comparative aincisí)

1. (pathology, of sore) malignant
2. peevish (of person)

Declension

Declension of ainciseach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	ainciseach	ainciseach	ainciseacha
vocative	aincisigh		ainciseacha
genitive		aincisí	ainciseacha	ainciseach
dative	ainciseach	ainciseach; aincisigh (archaic)	ainciseacha
Comparative	níos aincisí
Superlative	is aincisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainciseach

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