ardaidhmeannach

Irish

Etymology

From ardaidhmeanna (“aspirations, (high) ambitions”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ardaidhmeannach (genitive singular masculine ardaidhmeannaigh, genitive singular feminine ardaidhmeannaí, plural ardaidhmeannacha, comparative ardaidhmeannaí)

1. ambitious

Declension

Declension of ardaidhmeannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ardaidhmeannach	ardaidhmeannach	ardaidhmeannacha
vocative	ardaidhmeannaigh		ardaidhmeannacha
genitive		ardaidhmeannaí	ardaidhmeannacha	ardaidhmeannach
dative	ardaidhmeannach	ardaidhmeannach; ardaidhmeannaigh (archaic)	ardaidhmeannacha
Comparative	níos ardaidhmeannaí
Superlative	is ardaidhmeannaí

Synonyms

• ard
• uaillmhianach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardaidhmeannach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardaidhmeannach	n-ardaidhmeannach	hardaidhmeannach	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardaidhmeannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN