adharcach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny.
Adjective
[edit]adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of adharcach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adharcach | adharcach | adharcacha | |
Vocative | adharcaigh | adharcacha | ||
Genitive | adharcaí | adharcacha | adharcach | |
Dative | adharcach | adharcach; adharcaigh (archaic) |
adharcacha | |
Comparative | níos adharcaí | |||
Superlative | is adharcaí |
Derived terms
[edit]- ciaróg adharcach (“rhinoceros beetle”)
- daol adharcach (“stag beetle”)
- nathair shligreach adharcach (“sidewinder”) (snake)
Related terms
[edit]- adharcacht f (“horniness”)
- gearr-adharcach (“short-horned”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adharcach | n-adharcach | hadharcach | not applicable |
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) “adharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adharcach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adharcach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish adarcach, from adarc (“horn”). By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaich, genitive singular feminine adharcaiche, comparative adharcaiche)
Declension
[edit]Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | adharcach | adharcach | adharcach |
Vocative | adharcaich | adharcach | adharcach |
Genitive | adharcaich | adharcaiche | adharcach |
Dative | adharcach | adharcaich | adharcach |
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adharcach | n-adharcach | h-adharcach | t-adharcach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “adharcach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish semantic loans from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
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