anchúinseacht

Irish

Etymology

From anchúinse (“monster, freak; scoundrel”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

anchúinseacht f (genitive singular anchúinseachta)

1. abnormality, monstrosity

Declension

Declension of anchúinseacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative anchúinseacht Vocative a anchúinseacht Genitive anchúinseachta Dative anchúinseacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an anchúinseacht Genitive na hanchúinseachta Dative leis an anchúinseacht don anchúinseacht

Related terms

• anchúinseach, anchúinsiúil (“monstrous, abnormal; scoundrelly”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchúinseacht	n-anchúinseacht	hanchúinseacht	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) “anchúinseacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN