aoncheallach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“uni-, single”) +‎ cill (“cell”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aoncheallach (genitive singular masculine aoncheallaigh, genitive singular feminine aoncheallaí, plural aoncheallacha, not comparable)

1. (biology) unicellular, single-celled

Declension

Declension of aoncheallach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aoncheallach	aoncheallach	aoncheallacha
vocative	aoncheallaigh		aoncheallacha
genitive		aoncheallaí	aoncheallacha	aoncheallach
dative	aoncheallach	aoncheallach; aoncheallaigh (archaic)	aoncheallacha
Comparative	níos aoncheallaí
Superlative	is aoncheallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoncheallach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoncheallach	n-aoncheallach	haoncheallach	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) “aoncheallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aoncheallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aoncheallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024