aerdhíonach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aer (“air”) + díonach (“impermeable, proof”).
Adjective
[edit]aerdhíonach (genitive singular masculine aerdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine aerdhíonaí, plural aerdhíonacha, comparative aerdhíonaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aerdhíonach | aerdhíonach | aerdhíonacha | |
| vocative | aerdhíonaigh | aerdhíonacha | ||
| genitive | aerdhíonaí | aerdhíonacha | aerdhíonach | |
| dative | aerdhíonach | aerdhíonach; aerdhíonaigh (archaic) |
aerdhíonacha | |
| Comparative | níos aerdhíonaí | |||
| Superlative | is aerdhíonaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aerdhíonach | n-aerdhíonach | haerdhíonach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aerdhíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aerdhíonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aerdhíonach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024