aonfhiúsach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“uni-, mono-”) +‎ fiús (“valence”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aonfhiúsach (genitive singular masculine aonfhiúsaigh, genitive singular feminine aonfhiúsaí, plural aonfhiúsacha, not comparable)

1. (chemistry) univalent, monovalent

Declension

Declension of aonfhiúsach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aonfhiúsach	aonfhiúsach	aonfhiúsacha
Vocative	aonfhiúsaigh		aonfhiúsacha
Genitive		aonfhiúsaí	aonfhiúsacha	aonfhiúsach
Dative	aonfhiúsach	aonfhiúsach; aonfhiúsaigh (archaic)	aonfhiúsacha
Comparative	níos aonfhiúsaí
Superlative	is aonfhiúsaí

Mutation

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