aontaobhach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aon- (“uni-”) + taobh (“side”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aontaobhach (genitive singular masculine aontaobhaigh, genitive singular feminine aontaobhaí, plural aontaobhacha, comparative aontaobhaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aontaobhach | aontaobhach | aontaobhacha | |
| vocative | aontaobhaigh | aontaobhacha | ||
| genitive | aontaobhaí | aontaobhacha | aontaobhach | |
| dative | aontaobhach | aontaobhach; aontaobhaigh (archaic) |
aontaobhacha | |
| Comparative | níos aontaobhaí | |||
| Superlative | is aontaobhaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aontaobhach | n-aontaobhach | haontaobhach | 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) “aontaobhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aontaobhach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aontaobhach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024