imeachtach

Irish

Etymology

From imeacht (“going, departure”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

imeachtach (genitive singular masculine imeachtaigh, genitive singular feminine imeachtaí, plural imeachtacha, comparative imeachtaí)

1. going, moving, travelling; speedy

Declension

Declension of imeachtach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	imeachtach	imeachtach	imeachtacha
vocative	imeachtaigh		imeachtacha
genitive		imeachtaí	imeachtacha	imeachtach
dative	imeachtach	imeachtach; imeachtaigh (archaic)	imeachtacha
Comparative	níos imeachtaí
Superlative	is imeachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of imeachtach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imeachtach	n-imeachtach	himeachtach	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

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