anabarrach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anbáil + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanaparˠəx/

Adjective

anabarrach

  1. exceeding, excessive
    Meudaichidh mi thu gu h-anabarrach.I will increase you exceedingly. (Sometimes used as an adverb.)
    anabarrach fireantaover much righteous
  2. redundant, superfluous
  3. desperate, indispensable
    anabarrach aingidhdesperately wicked
    anabarrach feumailindispensably or very necessary
  4. shocking, terrible
  5. tip-top, ripping

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
anabarrachn-anabarrachh-anabarracht-anabarrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “anabarrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
  • Gaelic Without Groans (Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1962, by John MacKechnie)
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