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aontach
aontach
Irish
Adjective
aontach (genitive singular masculine aontaigh, genitive singular feminine aontaí, plural aontacha, comparative aontaí)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From aontaigh (“assent, agree”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
aontach (genitive singular masculine aontaigh, genitive singular feminine aontaí, plural aontacha, comparative aontaí)
- Alternative form of aontaitheach (“assenting, agreeing”)
Declension
Declension of aontach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aontach | aontach¹ | aontacha³ | |
| Vocative | aontaigh¹ | aontach¹ | aontacha | |
| Genitive | aontaigh¹ | aontaí (obsolete) aontaighe |
aontacha | aontach |
| Dative | aontach² | aontach¹ (archaic) aontaigh¹ |
aontacha³ | |
| Comparative | aontaí (obsolete) aontaighe |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aontach | n-aontach | haontach | t-aontach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aontach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.