ainbhreitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ainbhreathach

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbrethach (“giving wrong judgement, unjust, injudicious”, adjective), from ainbreith (“wrong or unjust judgement”), from breith (“act of judging, deciding; judgment, legal ruling, interpretation”). By surface analysis, ainbhreith (“unjust judgment”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ainbhreitheach (genitive singular masculine ainbhreithigh, genitive singular feminine ainbhreithí, plural ainbhreitheacha, comparative ainbhreithí)

  1. (law, of verdict) perverse

Declension

Declension of ainbhreitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ainbhreitheach ainbhreitheach ainbhreitheacha
vocative ainbhreithigh ainbhreitheacha
genitive ainbhreithí ainbhreitheacha ainbhreitheach
dative ainbhreitheach ainbhreitheach;
ainbhreithigh (archaic) 		ainbhreitheacha
Comparative níos ainbhreithí
Superlative is ainbhreithí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbhreitheach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ainbhreitheach n-ainbhreitheach hainbhreitheach 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

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