ardcheannasach

Irish

Etymology

From ardcheannas (“supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty; high command”) +‎ -ach (adjectival ending).

Adjective

ardcheannasach (genitive singular masculine ardcheannasaigh, genitive singular feminine ardcheannasaí, plural ardcheannasacha, comparative ardcheannasaí)

1. supreme, predominant
2. sovereign

Declension

Declension of ardcheannasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasacha
vocative	ardcheannasaigh		ardcheannasacha
genitive		ardcheannasaí	ardcheannasacha	ardcheannasach
dative	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasach; ardcheannasaigh (archaic)	ardcheannasacha
Comparative	níos ardcheannasaí
Superlative	is ardcheannasaí

Synonyms

• (sovereign): ceannasach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardcheannasach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardcheannasach	n-ardcheannasach	hardcheannasach	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) “ardcheannasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN