aiféalach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • aiféileach
  • aithmhéalach, aithmhéileach (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithmélach. By surface analysis, aiféala +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈafʲeːləx/

Adjective

aiféalach (genitive singular masculine aiféalaigh, genitive singular feminine aiféalaí, plural aiféalacha, comparative aiféalaí)

  1. regretful, sorrowful, remorseful
    Synonyms: brónach, buartha
    • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 20
      šīlĭm gə wil šē ȧfēləx fȳ n-ə hȧx ə çȧn̄əxt.
      Sílim go bhfuil sé aiféalach faoina theach a cheannacht. (conventional orthography)
      I think he’s regretful about selling his house.
  2. shamefaced, shy
  3. lingering (of illness)

Declension
Declension of aiféalach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aiféalach aiféalach aiféalacha
Vocative aiféalaigh aiféalacha
Genitive aiféalaí aiféalacha aiféalach
Dative aiféalach aiféalach;
aiféalaigh (archaic)		 aiféalacha
Comparative níos aiféalaí
Superlative is aiféalaí
  • aiféala m (“regret, remorse; shame, shamefacedness”)
  • aiféaltas m (“shame, embarrassment; regret”)

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

Further reading
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