ionsaitheach

Irish

Etymology 1

From ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack; proceed to, approach; set about, attempt; reach, attain; seek out”, verb) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ionsaitheach (genitive singular masculine ionsaithigh, genitive singular feminine ionsaithí, plural ionsaitheacha, comparative ionsaithí)

  1. attacking, aggressive
  2. (optics) incident
Declension
Declension of ionsaitheach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ionsaitheach ionsaitheach ionsaitheacha
Vocative ionsaithigh ionsaitheacha
Genitive ionsaithí ionsaitheacha ionsaitheach
Dative ionsaitheach ionsaitheach;
ionsaithigh (archaic)		 ionsaitheacha
Comparative níos ionsaithí
Superlative is ionsaithí

Etymology 2

From ionsaigh (verb) +‎ -ach.

Noun

ionsaitheach m (genitive singular ionsaithigh, nominative plural ionsaithigh)

  1. Synonym of ionsaitheoir (“attacker, aggressor”)
Declension
Declension of ionsaitheach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh
Vocative a ionsaithigh a ionsaitheacha
Genitive ionsaithigh ionsaitheach
Dative ionsaitheach ionsaithigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ionsaitheach na hionsaithigh
Genitive an ionsaithigh na n-ionsaitheach
Dative leis an ionsaitheach

don ionsaitheach

 leis na hionsaithigh

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

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