Antartach

Irish

Etymology

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Compare Manx antarctagh, Yn Antarctagh.

Adjective

Antartach (genitive singular masculine Antartaigh, genitive singular feminine Antartaí, plural Antartacha, comparative Antartaí)

1. Antarctic

Declension

Declension of Antartach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Antartach	Antartach	Antartacha
vocative	Antartaigh		Antartacha
genitive		Antartaí	Antartacha	Antartach
dative	Antartach	Antartach; Antartaigh (archaic)	Antartacha
Comparative	níos Antartaí
Superlative	is Antartaí

Derived terms

• An Ciorcal Antartach (“the Antarctic Circle”)
• An Conradh Antartach (“the Antarctic Treaty”)
• An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)

 

Related terms

• Leithinis Antartaice f (“the Antarctic Peninsula”)

Proper noun

An tAntartach m (genitive an Antartaigh)

1. the Antarctic

Declension

Declension of Antartach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Antartach vocative a Antartaigh genitive Antartaigh dative Antartach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tAntartach genitive an Antartaigh dative leis an Antartach don Antartach

Related terms

• Antartaice f (“Antarctica”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Antartach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Antartach	nAntartach	hAntartach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Antartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Antartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Antartach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024