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aonchéileach
aonchéileach
Irish
Adjective
aonchéileach (genitive singular masculine aonchéiligh, genitive singular feminine aonchéilí, plural aonchéileacha, comparative aonchéilí)
Declension
Declension of aonchéileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aonchéileach | aonchéileach¹ | aonchéileacha³ | |
| Vocative | aonchéiligh¹ | aonchéileach¹ | aonchéileacha | |
| Genitive | aonchéiligh¹ | aonchéilí (obsolete) aonchéilighe |
aonchéileacha | aonchéileach |
| Dative | aonchéileach² | aonchéileach¹ (archaic) aonchéiligh¹ |
aonchéileacha³ | |
| Comparative | aonchéilí (obsolete) aonchéilighe |
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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.
Derived terms
- aonchéileachas m (“monogamy”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aonchéileach | n-aonchéileach | haonchéileach | t-aonchéileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aonchéileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.