aintéineach
Irish
Etymology
From aintéine (“antenna”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
aintéineach (genitive singular masculine aintéinigh, genitive singular feminine aintéiní, plural aintéineacha, not comparable)
- (zoology) antennal
Declension
Declension of aintéineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | aintéineach | aintéineach | aintéineacha | |
Vocative | aintéinigh | aintéineacha | ||
Genitive | aintéiní | aintéineacha | aintéineach | |
Dative | aintéineach | aintéineach; aintéinigh (archaic) | aintéineacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aintéineach | n-aintéineach | haintéineach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "aintéineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.