adhmholtach
Irish
Etymology
From adhmhol (“extol, eulogize”, verb) + -ach.
Adjective
adhmholtach (genitive singular masculine adhmholtaigh, genitive singular feminine adhmholtaí, plural adhmholtacha, not comparable)
- eulogistic
Declension
Declension of adhmholtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adhmholtach | adhmholtach | adhmholtacha | |
| Vocative | adhmholtaigh | adhmholtacha | ||
| Genitive | adhmholtaí | adhmholtacha | adhmholtach | |
| Dative | adhmholtach | adhmholtach; adhmholtaigh (archaic) | adhmholtacha | |
| Comparative | níos adhmholtaí | |||
| Superlative | is adhmholtaí | |||
Related terms
- adhmholadh m (“eulogy, panegyric”)
- adhmholtóir m (“eulogist”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adhmholtach | n-adhmholtach | hadhmholtach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adhmholtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.