adhantaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) +‎ -aí (agent suffix).

Noun

adhantaí m (genitive singular adhantaí, nominative plural adhantaithe)

1. fire-lighter (of fuel)

Declension

Declension of adhantaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative adhantaí adhantaithe vocative a adhantaí a adhantaithe genitive adhantaí adhantaithe dative adhantaí adhantaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-adhantaí na hadhantaithe genitive an adhantaí na n-adhantaithe dative leis an adhantaí don adhantaí leis na hadhantaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

adhantaí

1. inflection of adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhantaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhantaí	n-adhantaí	hadhantaí	t-adhantaí

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhantaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

References

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