aistreach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aistearach

Etymology

From aistear (“journey; roundabout way; inconvenience”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aistreach (genitive singular masculine aistrigh, genitive singular feminine aistrí, plural aistreacha, comparative aistrí)

1. journeying, roving; restless, unsettled (of person)
2. out of the way, inconvenient (of place)

   Synonym: aistreánach

3. (grammar) transitive

   Antonym: neamhaistreach

Declension

Declension of aistreach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aistreach	aistreach	aistreacha
Vocative	aistrigh		aistreacha
Genitive		aistrí	aistreacha	aistreach
Dative	aistreach	aistreach; aistrigh (archaic)	aistreacha
Comparative	níos aistrí
Superlative	is aistrí

Derived terms

• dé-aistreach (“ambitransitive”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aistreach	n-aistreach	haistreach	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) “aistreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aistreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aistreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024