aonsiollach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aon- (“mono-”) + siolla (“syllable”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aonsiollach (genitive singular masculine aonsiollaigh, genitive singular feminine aonsiollaí, plural aonsiollacha, not comparable)
- monosyllabic
- Antonym: ilsiollach
Declension
[edit]Declension of aonsiollach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aonsiollach | aonsiollach | aonsiollacha | |
Vocative | aonsiollaigh | aonsiollacha | ||
Genitive | aonsiollaí | aonsiollacha | aonsiollach | |
Dative | aonsiollach | aonsiollach; aonsiollaigh (archaic) |
aonsiollacha | |
Comparative | níos aonsiollaí | |||
Superlative | is aonsiollaí |
Noun
[edit]aonsiollach m (genitive singular aonsiollaigh, nominative plural aonsiollaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aonsiollach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aonsiollach | n-aonsiollach | haonsiollach | 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) “aonsiollach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonsiollach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aonsiollach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024