adhmainteas

Irish

Etymology

From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) +‎ -as (nominal suffix).

Noun

adhmainteas m (genitive singular adhmaintis)

1. (physics) magnetism

Declension

Declension of adhmainteas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative adhmainteas vocative a adhmaintis genitive adhmaintis dative adhmainteas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-adhmainteas genitive an adhmaintis dative leis an adhmainteas don adhmainteas

Synonyms

• maighnéadas

Related terms

• adhmainteach (“magnetic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmainteas

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