ainspiantacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• annspiantacht

Etymology

From ainspianta (“grotesque; abnormal”, adjective) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

ainspiantacht f (genitive singular ainspiantachta)

1. grotesqueness; abnormality

Declension

Declension of ainspiantacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ainspiantacht vocative a ainspiantacht genitive ainspiantachta dative ainspiantacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ainspiantacht genitive na hainspiantachta dative leis an ainspiantacht don ainspiantacht

Synonyms

• (grotesqueness): arrachtas
• (abnormality): anchúinseacht, éanormalacht, mínormáltacht, sonraíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainspiantacht

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