adhmholtach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From adhmhol (“extol, eulogize”, verb) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]adhmholtach (genitive singular masculine adhmholtaigh, genitive singular feminine adhmholtaí, plural adhmholtacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | adhmholtach | adhmholtach | adhmholtacha | |
vocative | adhmholtaigh | adhmholtacha | ||
genitive | adhmholtaí | adhmholtacha | adhmholtach | |
dative | adhmholtach | adhmholtach; adhmholtaigh (archaic) |
adhmholtacha | |
Comparative | níos adhmholtaí | |||
Superlative | is adhmholtaí |
Related terms
[edit]- adhmholadh m (“eulogy, panegyric”)
- adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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adhmholtach | n-adhmholtach | hadhmholtach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmholtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN