aisfhreagrach

Irish

Etymology

From aisfhreagra (“back answer, retort”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aisfhreagrach (genitive singular masculine aisfhreagraigh, genitive singular feminine aisfhreagraí, plural aisfhreagracha, comparative aisfhreagraí)

1. back-answering, impudent

Declension

Declension of aisfhreagrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagracha
vocative	aisfhreagraigh		aisfhreagracha
genitive		aisfhreagraí	aisfhreagracha	aisfhreagrach
dative	aisfhreagrach	aisfhreagrach; aisfhreagraigh (archaic)	aisfhreagracha
Comparative	níos aisfhreagraí
Superlative	is aisfhreagraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aisfhreagrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aisfhreagrach	n-aisfhreagrach	haisfhreagrach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisfhreagrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN