anchúinseacht

Irish

Etymology

From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

anchúinseacht f (genitive singular anchúinseachta)

1. abnormality, monstrosity

Declension

Declension of anchúinseacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anchúinseacht vocative a anchúinseacht genitive anchúinseachta dative anchúinseacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an anchúinseacht genitive na hanchúinseachta dative leis an anchúinseacht don anchúinseacht

Related terms

• anchúinseach, anchúinsiúil (“monstrous, abnormal; scoundrelly”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchúinseacht

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