dathannach

Irish

Etymology

From dathanna (“colours”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dathannach (genitive singular masculine dathannaigh, genitive singular feminine dathannaí, plural dathannacha, comparative dathannaí)

1. colorful

   Synonyms: daite, dathúil, líoga

2. multicolored

   Synonym: ildathach

3. gaily-colored
4. glowing

   Synonyms: beodhearg, breoch, caordhearg, gríosach

Declension

Declension of dathannach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dathannach	dhathannach	dathannacha; dhathannacha2
vocative	dhathannaigh		dathannacha
genitive		dathannaí	dathannacha	dathannach
dative	dathannach; dhathannach1	dhathannach; dhathannaigh (archaic)	dathannacha; dhathannacha2
Comparative	níos dathannaí
Superlative	is dathannaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cíoradóir dathannach m (“painted comber”)
• faochán Muire dathannach m (“painted topshell”)
• mac siobháin dathannach m (“painted goby”)
• siorc dathannach
• turtar dathannach m (“painted turtle, painted terrapin”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of dathannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dathannach	dhathannach	ndathannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dathannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dathannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dathannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024