adhmainteach

Irish

Etymology

From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhmainteach (genitive singular masculine adhmaintigh, genitive singular feminine adhmaintí, plural adhmainteacha, comparative adhmaintí)

1. magnetic

Declension

Declension of adhmainteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach	adhmainteacha
vocative	adhmaintigh		adhmainteacha
genitive		adhmaintí	adhmainteacha	adhmainteach
dative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach; adhmaintigh (archaic)	adhmainteacha
Comparative	níos adhmaintí
Superlative	is adhmaintí

Synonyms

• maighnéadach

Related terms

• adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmainteach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmainteach	n-adhmainteach	hadhmainteach	not applicable

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

References

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