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adhartach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From adhairt (bolster, pillow) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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adhartach (genitive singular masculine adhartaigh, genitive singular feminine adhartaí, plural adhartacha, not comparable)

  1. pillow (attributive)

Declension

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Declension of adhartach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative adhartach adhartach adhartacha
vocative adhartaigh adhartacha
genitive adhartaí adhartacha adhartach
dative adhartach adhartach;
adhartaigh (archaic)
adhartacha
Comparative níos adhartaí
Superlative is adhartaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of adhartach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhartach n-adhartach hadhartach 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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From adhart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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adhartach (comparative adhartaiche)

  1. advanced, progressive, enterprising
  2. energetic, pushing, pushy

Mutation

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Mutation of adhartach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhartach n-adhartach h-adhartach t-adhartach

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

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN