ollfhathach

Irish

Etymology

oll- (“super-”) +‎ fathach (“giant”)

Noun

ollfhathach m (genitive singular ollfhathaigh, nominative plural ollfhathaigh)

1. supergiant

Declension

Declension of ollfhathach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ollfhathach ollfhathaigh vocative a ollfhathaigh a ollfhathacha genitive ollfhathaigh ollfhathach dative ollfhathach ollfhathaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ollfhathach na hollfhathaigh genitive an ollfhathaigh na n-ollfhathach dative leis an ollfhathach don ollfhathach leis na hollfhathaigh

Derived terms

• ollfhathach dearg (“red supergiant”)
• ollfhathach gorm (“blue supergiant”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ollfhathach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ollfhathach	n-ollfhathach	hollfhathach	t-ollfhathach

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

Further reading

• “supergiant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024