alúmanach
Irish
Etymology
From alúmana (“alumina”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
alúmanach (genitive singular masculine alúmanaigh, genitive singular feminine alúmanaí, plural alúmanacha, not comparable)
- (inorganic chemistry) aluminous
Declension
Declension of alúmanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alúmanach | alúmanach | alúmanacha | |
| Vocative | alúmanaigh | alúmanacha | ||
| Genitive | alúmanaí | alúmanacha | alúmanach | |
| Dative | alúmanach | alúmanach; alúmanaigh (archaic) | alúmanacha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alúmanach | n-alúmanach | halúmanach | 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), “alúmanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “alúmanach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.