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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Entries containing “adhantach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.