adhastrach

Irish

Etymology

From adhastar (“halter”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhastrach (genitive singular masculine adhastraigh, genitive singular feminine adhastraí, plural adhastracha, comparative adhastraí)

1. halter-like; trailing, rambling; tattered
2. dilatory

Declension

Declension of adhastrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	adhastrach	adhastrach	adhastracha
vocative	adhastraigh		adhastracha
genitive		adhastraí	adhastracha	adhastrach
dative	adhastrach	adhastrach; adhastraigh (archaic)	adhastracha
Comparative	níos adhastraí
Superlative	is adhastraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhastrach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhastrach	n-adhastrach	hadhastrach	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) “adhastrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN