anaisteach

Irish

Etymology

From anaiste +‎ -ach.

Adjective

anaisteach (genitive singular masculine anaistigh, genitive singular feminine anaistí, plural anaisteacha, comparative anaistí)

1. prodigal

   Synonyms: caifeach, díobhlásach

Declension

Declension of anaisteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	anaisteach	anaisteach	anaisteacha
Vocative	anaistigh		anaisteacha
Genitive		anaistí	anaisteacha	anaisteach
Dative	anaisteach	anaisteach; anaistigh (archaic)	anaisteacha
Comparative	níos anaistí
Superlative	is anaistí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anaisteach	n-anaisteach	hanaisteach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anaisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN