airtéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by the monks in the 12th century.

Adjective

airtéiseach (genitive singular masculine airtéisigh, genitive singular feminine airtéisí, plural airtéiseacha, not comparable)

1. artesian

Declension

Declension of airtéisea

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	airtéisea	airtéisea	airtéisea; airtéisea2
vocative	airtéisea		airtéisea
genitive		airtéisea	airtéisea	airtéisea
dative	airtéisea; airtéisea1	airtéisea	airtéisea; airtéisea2
Comparative	níos airtéisea
Superlative	is airtéisea

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of airtéiseach

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