aonchéileach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) +‎ céile (“spouse”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aonchéileach (genitive singular masculine aonchéiligh, genitive singular feminine aonchéilí, plural aonchéileacha, comparative aonchéileach)

1. monogamous

   Synonym: monagamach

Declension

Declension of aonchéileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aonchéileach	aonchéileach	aonchéileacha
Vocative	aonchéiligh		aonchéileacha
Genitive		aonchéilí	aonchéileacha	aonchéileach
Dative	aonchéileach	aonchéileach; aonchéiligh (archaic)	aonchéileacha
Comparative	níos aonchéilí
Superlative	is aonchéilí

Derived terms

• aonchéileachas m (“monogamy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonchéileach	n-aonchéileach	haonchéileach	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) “aonchéileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonchéileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm