aidiúnach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvō (“I assist”).

Noun

aidiúnach m (genitive singular aidiúnaigh, nominative plural aidiúnaigh)

1. (military) adjutant

Declension

Declension of aidiúnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aidiúnach aidiúnaigh Vocative a aidiúnaigh a aidiúnacha Genitive aidiúnaigh aidiúnach Dative aidiúnach aidiúnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aidiúnach na haidiúnaigh Genitive an aidiúnaigh na n-aidiúnach Dative leis an aidiúnach don aidiúnach leis na haidiúnaigh

Derived terms

• ardaidiúnach (“adjutant general”)

Related terms

• aidiúnacht f (“adjutancy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidiúnach	n-aidiúnach	haidiúnach	t-aidiúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aidiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adjutant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024