anasach

Irish

Etymology

From anas (“anus”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

anasach (genitive singular masculine anasaigh, genitive singular feminine anasaí, plural anasacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) anal (relating to the anus)

   Synonyms: timpireach, tóna

Declension

Declension of anasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	anasach	anasach	anasacha
vocative	anasaigh		anasacha
genitive		anasaí	anasacha	anasach
dative	anasach	anasach; anasaigh (archaic)	anasacha
Comparative	níos anasaí
Superlative	is anasaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of anasach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anasach	n-anasach	hanasach	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) “anasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “anasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “anasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024