aonpholach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“uni-”) +‎ pol (“pole”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aonpholach (genitive singular masculine aonpholaigh, genitive singular feminine aonpholaí, plural aonpholacha, not comparable)

1. unipolar

Declension

Declension of aonpholach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aonpholach	aonpholach	aonpholacha
vocative	aonpholaigh		aonpholacha
genitive		aonpholaí	aonpholacha	aonpholach
dative	aonpholach	aonpholach; aonpholaigh (archaic)	aonpholacha
Comparative	níos aonpholaí
Superlative	is aonpholaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonpholach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonpholach	n-aonpholach	haonpholach	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) “aonpholach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aonpholach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aonpholach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025