adanóideach

Irish

Etymology

From adanóid (“adenoid”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adanóideach (genitive singular masculine adanóidigh, genitive singular feminine adanóidí, plural adanóideacha, comparative adanóidí)

1. (anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)

Declension

Declension of adanóideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	adanóideach	adanóideach	adanóideacha
vocative	adanóidigh		adanóideacha
genitive		adanóidí	adanóideacha	adanóideach
dative	adanóideach	adanóideach; adanóidigh (archaic)	adanóideacha
Comparative	níos adanóidí
Superlative	is adanóidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adanóideach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adanóideach	n-adanóideach	hadanóideach	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) “adanóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adanóideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adanóideach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025