adhantach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]adhantach (genitive singular masculine adhantaigh, genitive singular feminine adhantaí, plural adhantacha, comparative adhantaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of adhantach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adhantach | adhantach | adhantacha | |
Vocative | adhantaigh | adhantacha | ||
Genitive | adhantaí | adhantacha | adhantach | |
Dative | adhantach | adhantach; adhantaigh (archaic) |
adhantacha | |
Comparative | níos adhantaí | |||
Superlative | is adhantaí |
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhantach | n-adhantach | hadhantach | 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) “adhantach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhantach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm