airtéiseach
Irish
Etymology
From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by the monks in the 12th century.
Adjective
airtéiseach (genitive singular masculine airtéisigh, genitive singular feminine airtéisí, plural airtéiseacha, not comparable)
- artesian
Declension
Declension of airtéisea
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airtéisea | airtéisea | airtéisea; airtéisea² | |
| Vocative | airtéisea | airtéisea | ||
| Genitive | airtéisea | airtéisea | airtéisea | |
| Dative | airtéisea; airtéisea¹ | airtéisea | airtéisea; airtéisea² | |
| Comparative | níos airtéisea | |||
| Superlative | is airtéisea | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airtéiseach | n-airtéiseach | hairtéiseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airtéiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.