adhaltrach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish adaltrach (“adulterous; adulterer, adulteress”), from adaltair + -ach, from Latin adulter.
Adjective[edit]
adhaltrach (genitive singular masculine adhaltraigh, genitive singular feminine adhaltraí, plural adhaltracha, comparative adhaltraí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adhaltrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adhaltrach | adhaltrach | adhaltracha | |
Vocative | adhaltraigh | adhaltracha | ||
Genitive | adhaltraí | adhaltracha | adhaltrach | |
Dative | adhaltrach | adhaltrach; adhaltraigh (archaic) |
adhaltracha | |
Comparative | níos adhaltraí | |||
Superlative | is adhaltraí |
Alternative forms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- adhaltranaigh (“adulterate”, transitive verb)
- adhaltranas m (“adultery”)
Noun[edit]
adhaltrach m (genitive singular adhaltraigh, nominative plural adhaltraigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adhaltrach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- banadhaltrach (“adulteress”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhaltrach | n-adhaltrach | hadhaltrach | t-adhaltrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaltrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “adaltrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “adhaltrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “adhaltrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.