aidiúnach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvō (“I assist”).

Noun

aidiúnach m (genitive singular aidiúnaigh, nominative plural aidiúnaigh)

1. (military) adjutant

Declension

Declension of aidiúnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aidiúnach aidiúnaigh vocative a aidiúnaigh a aidiúnacha genitive aidiúnaigh aidiúnach dative aidiúnach aidiúnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aidiúnach na haidiúnaigh genitive an aidiúnaigh na n-aidiúnach dative leis an aidiúnach don aidiúnach leis na haidiúnaigh

Derived terms

• ardaidiúnach (“adjutant general”)

Related terms

• aidiúnacht f (“adjutancy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aidiúnach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidiúnach	n-aidiúnach	haidiúnach	t-aidiúnach

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) “aidiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “adjutant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025