aontonach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aon- (“mono-”) + ton (“tone”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aontonach (genitive singular masculine aontonaigh, genitive singular feminine aontonaí, plural aontonacha, comparative aontonaí)
- monotonous (of speech)
- (mathematics) monotonic
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aontonach | aontonach | aontonacha | |
vocative | aontonaigh | aontonacha | ||
genitive | aontonaí | aontonacha | aontonach | |
dative | aontonach | aontonach; aontonaigh (archaic) |
aontonacha | |
Comparative | níos aontonaí | |||
Superlative | is aontonaí |
Related terms
[edit]- aontonacht f (“monotonicity”)
- aonton m (“monotone”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aontonach | n-aontonach | haontonach | 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) “aontonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aontonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aontonach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024