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adhantach
adhantach
Irish
Adjective
adhantach (genitive singular masculine adhantaigh, genitive singular feminine adhantaí, plural adhantacha, comparative adhantaí)
Declension
Declension of adhantach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adhantach | adhantach¹ | adhantacha³ | |
Vocative | adhantaigh¹ | adhantach¹ | adhantacha | |
Genitive | adhantaigh¹ | adhantaí (obsolete) adhantaighe |
adhantacha | adhantach |
Dative | adhantach² | adhantach¹ (archaic) adhantaigh¹ |
adhantacha³ | |
Comparative | adhantaí (obsolete) adhantaighe |
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.
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhantach | n-adhantach | hadhantach | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "adhantach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.