uireasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• uireasbhach (superseded)
• uireaspach (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish airesbach (“needy”). Equivalent to uireasa (“lack, want, absence, deficiency”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəsˠəx/

Adjective

uireasach

1. lacking, wanting; deficient
2. (grammar) defective

Declension

Declension of uireasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	uireasach	uireasach	uireasacha
Vocative	uireasaigh		uireasacha
Genitive		uireasaí	uireasacha	uireasach
Dative	uireasach	uireasach; uireasaigh (archaic)	uireasacha
Comparative	níos uireasaí
Superlative	is uireasaí

Synonyms

• díothach (“wanting, deficient”)

Antonyms

• neamhuireasach (“not needy, wanting nothing, well off”)

Noun

uireasach m (genitive singular uireasaigh, nominative plural uireasaigh)

1. person in need

   na boicht agus na huireasaigh ― the poor and the needy

Declension

Declension of uireasach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative uireasach uireasaigh Vocative a uireasaigh a uireasacha Genitive uireasaigh uireasach Dative uireasach uireasaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-uireasach na huireasaigh Genitive an uireasaigh na n-uireasach Dative leis an uireasach don uireasach leis na huireasaigh

Mutation

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