amhainseach

Irish

Etymology

From amhainse (“sharpness; astuteness”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

amhainseach (genitive singular masculine amhainsigh, genitive singular feminine amhainsí, plural amhainseacha, comparative amhainsí) (literary)

  1. sharp
  2. astute

Declension

Declension of amhainseach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative amhainseach amhainseach amhainseacha
vocative amhainsigh amhainseacha
genitive amhainsí amhainseacha amhainseach
dative amhainseach amhainseach;
amhainsigh (archaic) 		amhainseacha
Comparative níos amhainsí
Superlative is amhainsí

Mutation

Mutated forms of amhainseach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
amhainseach n-amhainseach hamhainseach not applicable

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

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