aiféalach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aiféileach
- aithmhéalach, aithmhéileach (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithmélach; synchronically aiféala + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːləx/
Adjective
aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)
- regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20.
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- conventional orthography: Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht.
- I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
- conventional orthography: Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht.
- šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
- Synonyms: brónach, buartha
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 20.
- shamefaced, shy
- (of illness) lingering
Declension
Declension of aiféalach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aiféalach | aiféalach | aiféalacha | |
Vocative | aiféalaigh | aiféalacha | ||
Genitive | aiféalaí | aiféalacha | aiféalach | |
Dative | aiféalach | aiféalach; aiféalaigh (archaic) |
aiféalacha | |
Comparative | níos aiféalaí | |||
Superlative | is aiféalaí |
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aiféalach | n-aiféalach | haiféalach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "aiféalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aithmélach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aiṫṁéalaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Entries containing “aiféalach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aiféalach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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