aiféalach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • aiféileach
  • aithmhéalach, aithmhéileach (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithmélach.[1] By surface analysis, aiféala +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːləx/[2]

Adjective

aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)

  1. regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
  2. shamefaced, shy
  3. lingering (of illness)

Declension

Declension of aiféalach
Positive singular plural
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

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20:
    šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
    [Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht.]
    I think he’s regretful about selling his house.

Synonyms

  • (regretful, sorrowful, remorseful): buartha

Mutation

Mutated forms of aiféalach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aiféalach n-aiféalach haiféalach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithmélach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20

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