adhaltranach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish adaltrannach (“adulterous”), from adaltair (“adulterer”), from Latin adulter.

Adjective

adhaltranach (genitive singular masculine adhaltranaigh, genitive singular feminine adhaltranaí, plural adhaltranacha, comparative adhaltranaí)

1. Alternative form of adhaltrach

Declension

Declension of adhaltranach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	adhaltranach	adhaltranach	adhaltranacha
vocative	adhaltranaigh		adhaltranacha
genitive		adhaltranaí	adhaltranacha	adhaltranach
dative	adhaltranach	adhaltranach; adhaltranaigh (archaic)	adhaltranacha
Comparative	níos adhaltranaí
Superlative	is adhaltranaí

Noun

adhaltranach m (genitive singular adhaltranaigh, nominative plural adhaltranaigh)

1. Alternative form of adhaltrach

Declension

Declension of adhaltranach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhaltranach adhaltranaigh vocative a adhaltranaigh a adhaltranacha genitive adhaltranaigh adhaltranach dative adhaltranach adhaltranaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhaltranach na hadhaltranaigh genitive an adhaltranaigh na n-adhaltranach dative leis an adhaltranach don adhaltranach leis na hadhaltranaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhaltranach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhaltranach	n-adhaltranach	hadhaltranach	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) “adhaltrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adaltrannach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adaltrannach (“adulterous”), from adaltair (“adulterer”), from Latin adulter.

Adjective

adhaltranach

1. adulterous

Related terms

• adhaltraiche
• adhaltranas
• ban-adhaltraiche

Mutation

Mutation of adhaltranach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhaltranach	n-adhaltranach	h-adhaltranach	t-adhaltranach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adaltrannach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language