alúmanach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alúmana (“alumina”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]alúmanach (genitive singular masculine alúmanaigh, genitive singular feminine alúmanaí, plural alúmanacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | alúmanach | alúmanach | alúmanacha | |
| vocative | alúmanaigh | alúmanacha | ||
| genitive | alúmanaí | alúmanacha | alúmanach | |
| dative | alúmanach | alúmanach; alúmanaigh (archaic) |
alúmanacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| alúmanach | n-alúmanach | halúmanach | 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) “alúmanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alúmanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm