aontach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From aontas (“unison”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aontach (genitive singular masculine aontaigh, genitive singular feminine aontaí, plural aontacha, comparative aontaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aontach | aontach | aontacha | |
vocative | aontaigh | aontacha | ||
genitive | aontaí | aontacha | aontach | |
dative | aontach | aontach; aontaigh (archaic) |
aontacha | |
Comparative | níos aontaí | |||
Superlative | is aontaí |
Etymology 2
[edit]From aontaigh (“assent, agree”, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aontach (genitive singular masculine aontaigh, genitive singular feminine aontaí, plural aontacha, comparative aontaí)
- Alternative form of aontaitheach (“assenting, agreeing”)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aontach | aontach | aontacha | |
vocative | aontaigh | aontacha | ||
genitive | aontaí | aontacha | aontach | |
dative | aontach | aontach; aontaigh (archaic) |
aontacha | |
Comparative | níos aontaí | |||
Superlative | is aontaí |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aontach | n-aontach | haontach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN