Atlantach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin atlanticus, adapted to the suffix -ach.

Adjective

Atlantach (genitive singular masculine Atlantaigh, genitive singular feminine Atlantaí, plural Atlantacha, not comparable)

1. Atlantic

Declension

Declension of Atlantach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Atlantach	Atlantach	Atlantacha
vocative	Atlantaigh		Atlantacha
genitive		Atlantaí	Atlantacha	Atlantach
dative	Atlantach	Atlantach; Atlantaigh (archaic)	Atlantacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• Aigéan Atlantach (“Atlantic Ocean”)
• bolmán Atlantach (“Atlantic horse mackerel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Atlantach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Atlantach	nAtlantach	hAtlantach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “Atlantach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Atlantach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Atlantach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026