ortadromach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From orta- (“ortho-”) + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]ortadromach (genitive singular masculine ortadromaigh, genitive singular feminine ortadromaí, plural ortadromacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | ortadromach | ortadromach | ortadromacha | |
vocative | ortadromaigh | ortadromacha | ||
genitive | ortadromaí | ortadromacha | ortadromach | |
dative | ortadromach | ortadromach; ortadromaigh (archaic) |
ortadromacha | |
Comparative | níos ortadromaí | |||
Superlative | is ortadromaí |
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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ortadromach | n-ortadromach | hortadromach | 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ortadromach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN