monafónach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mona- + fón + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]monafónach (genitive singular masculine monafónaigh, genitive singular feminine monafónaí, plural monafónacha, not comparable)
- (music) monophonic
- Synonym: aonfhónach
- monaural, monophonic (of sound reproduction)
- Synonym: aonfhónach
Declension
[edit]Declension of monafónach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | monafónach | mhonafónach | monafónacha; mhonafónacha² | |
| Vocative | mhonafónaigh | monafónacha | ||
| Genitive | monafónaí | monafónacha | monafónach | |
| Dative | monafónach; mhonafónach¹ |
mhonafónach; mhonafónaigh (archaic) |
monafónacha; mhonafónacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| monafónach | mhonafónach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “monafónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024