aoncheallach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aon- (“uni-, single”) + cill (“cell”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aoncheallach (genitive singular masculine aoncheallaigh, genitive singular feminine aoncheallaí, plural aoncheallacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aoncheallach | aoncheallach | aoncheallacha | |
| vocative | aoncheallaigh | aoncheallacha | ||
| genitive | aoncheallaí | aoncheallacha | aoncheallach | |
| dative | aoncheallach | aoncheallach; aoncheallaigh (archaic) |
aoncheallacha | |
| Comparative | níos aoncheallaí | |||
| Superlative | is aoncheallaí | |||
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aoncheallach | n-aoncheallach | haoncheallach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoncheallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aoncheallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aoncheallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024