adhartach

Irish

Etymology

From adhairt (“bolster, pillow”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhartach (genitive singular masculine adhartaigh, genitive singular feminine adhartaí, plural adhartacha, not comparable)

1. pillow (attributive)

Declension

Declension of adhartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	adhartach	adhartach	adhartacha
Vocative	adhartaigh		adhartacha
Genitive		adhartaí	adhartacha	adhartach
Dative	adhartach	adhartach; adhartaigh (archaic)	adhartacha
Comparative	níos adhartaí
Superlative	is adhartaí

Derived terms

• laibhe adhartach f (“pillow lava”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhartach	n-adhartach	hadhartach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From adhart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhartach (comparative adhartaiche)

1. advanced, progressive, enterprising
2. energetic, pushing, pushy

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhartach	n-adhartach	h-adhartach	t-adhartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN