aonghnéasach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]aon- (“uni-”) + gnéas (“sex”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
[edit]aonghnéasach (genitive singular masculine aonghnéasaigh, genitive singular feminine aonghnéasaí, plural aonghnéasacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aonghnéasach | aonghnéasach | aonghnéasacha | |
| vocative | aonghnéasaigh | aonghnéasacha | ||
| genitive | aonghnéasaí | aonghnéasacha | aonghnéasach | |
| dative | aonghnéasach | aonghnéasach; aonghnéasaigh (archaic) |
aonghnéasacha | |
| Comparative | níos aonghnéasaí | |||
| Superlative | is aonghnéasaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aonghnéasach | n-aonghnéasach | haonghnéasach | 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) “aonghnéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonghnéasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm