ainmhianach

Irish

Etymology

From ainmhian (“passion, lust”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainmhianach (genitive singular masculine ainmhianaigh, genitive singular feminine ainmhianaí, plural ainmhianacha, comparative ainmhianaí)

1. passionate, lustful

Declension

Declension of ainmhianach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	ainmhianach	ainmhianach	ainmhianacha
vocative	ainmhianaigh		ainmhianacha
genitive		ainmhianaí	ainmhianacha	ainmhianach
dative	ainmhianach	ainmhianach; ainmhianaigh (archaic)	ainmhianacha
Comparative	níos ainmhianaí
Superlative	is ainmhianaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainmhianach

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