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adhnáireach
adhnáireach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
adhnáireach (genitive singular masculine adhnáirigh, genitive singular feminine adhnáirí, plural adhnáireacha, comparative adhnáirí)
Declension
Declension of adhnáireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhnáireach | adhnáireach¹ | adhnáireacha³ | |
| Vocative | adhnáirigh¹ | adhnáireach¹ | adhnáireacha | |
| Genitive | adhnáirigh¹ | adhnáirí (obsolete) adhnáirighe |
adhnáireacha | adhnáireach |
| Dative | adhnáireach² | adhnáireach¹ (archaic) adhnáirigh¹ |
adhnáireacha³ | |
| Comparative | adhnáirí (obsolete) adhnáirighe |
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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 |
| adhnáireach | n-adhnáireach | hadhnáireach | t-adhnáireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adhnáireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “adnáirech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.