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adharcach
adharcach
Irish
Adjective
adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)
Declension
Declension of adharcach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adharcach | adharcach¹ | adharcacha³ | |
| Vocative | adharcaigh¹ | adharcach¹ | adharcacha | |
| Genitive | adharcaigh¹ | adharcaí (obsolete) adharcaighe |
adharcacha | adharcach |
| Dative | adharcach² | adharcach¹ (archaic) adharcaigh¹ |
adharcacha³ | |
| Comparative | adharcaí (obsolete) adharcaighe |
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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 |
| adharcach | n-adharcach | hadharcach | t-adharcach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adharcach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adarcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish adarcach, from adarc (“horn”) (compare adharc).
Adjective
adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaich, genitive singular feminine adharcaiche, comparative adharcaiche)
Declension
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adharcach | adharcach | adharcach |
| Vocative | adharcaich | adharcach | adharcach |
| Genitive | adharcaich | adharcaiche | adharcach |
| Dative | adharcach | adharcaich | adharcach |
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “adarcach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.