aerdhíonach

Irish

Etymology

From aer (“air”) +‎ díonach (“impermeable, proof”).

Adjective

aerdhíonach (genitive singular masculine aerdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine aerdhíonaí, plural aerdhíonacha, comparative aerdhíonaí)

1. airtight

   Synonyms: aeriata, aerobach

Declension

Declension of aerdhíonach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonacha
vocative	aerdhíonaigh		aerdhíonacha
genitive		aerdhíonaí	strong noun	weak noun
			aerdhíonacha	aerdhíonach
dative	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonach; aerdhíonaigh (archaic)	aerdhíonacha
Comparative	níos aerdhíonaí
Superlative	is aerdhíonaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aerdhíonach

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

• 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, 2013-2025