alcólach

Irish

Etymology

From alcól (“alcohol”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

alcólach (genitive singular masculine alcólaigh, genitive singular feminine alcólaí, plural alcólacha, comparative alcólaí)

1. alcoholic, spirituous

Declension

Declension of alcólach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	alcólach	alcólach	alcólacha
Vocative	alcólaigh		alcólacha
Genitive		alcólaí	alcólacha	alcólach
Dative	alcólach	alcólach; alcólaigh (archaic)	alcólacha
Comparative	níos alcólaí
Superlative	is alcólaí

Derived terms

• galar ae alcólach m (“alcoholic liver disease”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alcólach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alcólach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “alcólach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024