aonchéileach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) + céile (“spouse”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aonchéileach (genitive singular masculine aonchéiligh, genitive singular feminine aonchéilí, plural aonchéileacha, comparative aonchéileach)
- monogamous
- Synonym: monagamach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aonchéileach | aonchéileach | aonchéileacha | |
| vocative | aonchéiligh | aonchéileacha | ||
| genitive | aonchéilí | aonchéileacha | aonchéileach | |
| dative | aonchéileach | aonchéileach; aonchéiligh (archaic) |
aonchéileacha | |
| Comparative | níos aonchéilí | |||
| Superlative | is aonchéilí | |||
Derived terms
[edit]- aonchéileachas m (“monogamy”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aonchéileach | n-aonchéileach | haonchéileach | 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) “aonchéileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonchéileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm