aisiompaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From aisiompaigh (“reverse; invert; retrogress”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aisiompaitheach (genitive singular masculine aisiompaithigh, genitive singular feminine aisiompaithí, plural aisiompaitheacha, comparative aisiompaithí)

1. retrogressive

Declension

Declension of aisiompaitheach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheacha
vocative	aisiompaithigh		aisiompaitheacha
genitive		aisiompaithí	aisiompaitheacha	aisiompaitheach
dative	aisiompaitheach	aisiompaitheach; aisiompaithigh (archaic)	aisiompaitheacha
Comparative	níos aisiompaithí
Superlative	is aisiompaithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisiompaitheach

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