adhmainteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]adhmainteach (genitive singular masculine adhmaintigh, genitive singular feminine adhmaintí, plural adhmainteacha, comparative adhmaintí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of adhmainteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhmainteach | adhmainteach | adhmainteacha | |
| Vocative | adhmaintigh | adhmainteacha | ||
| Genitive | adhmaintí | adhmainteacha | adhmainteach | |
| Dative | adhmainteach | adhmainteach; adhmaintigh (archaic) |
adhmainteacha | |
| Comparative | níos adhmaintí | |||
| Superlative | is adhmaintí | |||
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhmainteach | n-adhmainteach | hadhmainteach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmainteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN