adhastrach
Irish
Etymology
From adhastar (“halter”) + -ach
Adjective
adhastrach (genitive singular masculine adhastraigh, genitive singular feminine adhastraí, plural adhastracha, comparative adhastraí)
- halter-like; trailing, rambling; tattered
- dilatory
Declension
Declension of adhastrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhastrach | adhastrach | adhastracha | |
| Vocative | adhastraigh | adhastracha | ||
| Genitive | adhastraí | adhastracha | adhastrach | |
| Dative | adhastrach | adhastrach; adhastraigh (archaic) | adhastracha | |
| Comparative | níos adhastraí | |||
| Superlative | is adhastraí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhastrach | n-adhastrach | hadhastrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "adhastrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.