aonteangach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) + teanga (“tongue, language”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aonteangach (genitive singular masculine aonteangaigh, genitive singular feminine aonteangaí, plural aonteangacha, not comparable)

1. monolingual, unilingual

Declension

Declension of aonteangach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aonteangach	aonteangach	aonteangacha
Vocative	aonteangaigh		aonteangacha
Genitive		aonteangaí	aonteangacha	aonteangach
Dative	aonteangach	aonteangach; aonteangaigh (archaic)	aonteangacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

aonteangach m (genitive singular aonteangaigh, nominative plural aonteangaigh)

1. monoglot

Declension

Declension of aonteangach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aonteangach aonteangaigh Vocative a aonteangaigh a aonteangacha Genitive aonteangaigh aonteangach Dative aonteangach aonteangaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aonteangach na haonteangaigh Genitive an aonteangaigh na n-aonteangach Dative leis an aonteangach don aonteangach leis na haonteangaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonteangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN