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adhaltrach
adhaltrach
Irish
Noun
adhaltrach m (genitive singular adhaltraigh, nominative plural adhaltraigh)
Declension
Declension of adhaltrach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
- adhaltraí
- adhaltranach
Derived terms
- banadhaltrach (“adulteress”)
Adjective
adhaltrach (genitive singular masculine adhaltraigh, genitive singular feminine adhaltraí, plural adhaltracha, comparative adhaltraí)
Declension
Declension of adhaltrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhaltrach | adhaltrach¹ | adhaltracha³ | |
| Vocative | adhaltraigh¹ | adhaltrach¹ | adhaltracha | |
| Genitive | adhaltraigh¹ | adhaltraí (obsolete) adhaltraighe |
adhaltracha | adhaltrach |
| Dative | adhaltrach² | adhaltrach¹ (archaic) adhaltraigh¹ |
adhaltracha³ | |
| Comparative | adhaltraí (obsolete) adhaltraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhaltrach | n-adhaltrach | hadhaltrach | t-adhaltrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adhaltrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adaltrach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.