adhantach

Irish

Etymology

From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhantach (genitive singular masculine adhantaigh, genitive singular feminine adhantaí, plural adhantacha, comparative adhantaí)

1. igneous, inflammable

Declension

Declension of adhantach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	adhantach	adhantach	adhantacha
vocative	adhantaigh		adhantacha
genitive		adhantaí	adhantacha	adhantach
dative	adhantach	adhantach; adhantaigh (archaic)	adhantacha
Comparative	níos adhantaí
Superlative	is adhantaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhantach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhantach	n-adhantach	hadhantach	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) “adhantach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhantach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm