adhmadach
Irish
Etymology
From adhmad (“wood, timber”) + -ach.
Adjective
adhmadach (genitive singular masculine adhmadaigh, genitive singular feminine adhmadaí, plural adhmadacha, comparative adhmadaí)
- woody
Declension
Declension of adhmadach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhmadach | adhmadach | adhmadacha | |
| Vocative | adhmadaigh | adhmadacha | ||
| Genitive | adhmadaí | adhmadacha | adhmadach | |
| Dative | adhmadach | adhmadach; adhmadaigh (archaic) | adhmadacha | |
| Comparative | níos adhmadaí | |||
| Superlative | is adhmadaí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhmadach | n-adhmadach | hadhmadach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “adhmadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “adhmadach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “adhmadach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.