andúileach

Irish

Etymology

From andúil (“craving; addiction”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

andúileach m (genitive singular andúiligh, nominative plural andúiligh)

  1. addict, junkie

Declension
Declension of andúileach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative andúileach andúiligh
Vocative a andúiligh a andúileacha
Genitive andúiligh andúileach
Dative andúileach andúiligh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-andúileach na handúiligh
Genitive an andúiligh na n-andúileach
Dative leis an andúileach

don andúileach

 leis na handúiligh

Derived terms
  • andúileach drugaí (“drug-addict”)
  • andúileach codlaidín (“opium-fiend”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
andúileach n-andúileach handúileach t-andúileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "andúileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “addict” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “junkie” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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