aonchéileach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) +‎ céile (“spouse”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aonchéileach (genitive singular masculine aonchéiligh, genitive singular feminine aonchéilí, plural aonchéileacha, comparative aonchéileach)

1. monogamous

   Synonym: monagamach

Declension

Declension of aonchéileach

Positive	singular		plural
	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

• aonchéileachas m (“monogamy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonchéileach

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonchéileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonchéileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm