ainiochtach

Irish

Etymology

From ainiocht (“cruelty”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainiochtach (genitive singular masculine ainiochtaigh, genitive singular feminine ainiochtaí, plural ainiochtacha, comparative ainiochtaí)

1. cruel

Declension

Declension of ainiochtach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ainiochtach	ainiochtach	ainiochtacha
vocative	ainiochtaigh		ainiochtacha
genitive		ainiochtaí	ainiochtacha	ainiochtach
dative	ainiochtach	ainiochtach; ainiochtaigh (archaic)	ainiochtacha
Comparative	níos ainiochtaí
Superlative	is ainiochtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainiochtach

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