adharcánach
Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]adharcánach (genitive singular masculine adharcánaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcánaí, plural adharcánacha, comparative adharcánaí)
- Alternative form of fadharcánach (“knotted, gnarled; callous; lumpy, protuberant”)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | adharcánach | adharcánach | adharcánacha | |
| vocative | adharcánaigh | adharcánacha | ||
| genitive | adharcánaí | adharcánacha | adharcánach | |
| dative | adharcánach | adharcánach; adharcánaigh (archaic) |
adharcánacha | |
| Comparative | níos adharcánaí | |||
| Superlative | is adharcánaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| adharcánach | n-adharcánach | hadharcánach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adharcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adharcánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm