alafatach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alafatach (genitive singular masculine alafataigh, genitive singular feminine alafataí, plural alafatacha, not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) aliphatic

Declension

Declension of alafatach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	alafatach	alafatach	alafatacha
vocative	alafataigh		alafatacha
genitive		alafataí	alafatacha	alafatach
dative	alafatach	alafatach; alafataigh (archaic)	alafatacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alafatach

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