Antartach
Irish
editEtymology
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Compare Manx antarctagh, Yn Antarctagh.
Adjective
editAntartach (genitive singular masculine Antartaigh, genitive singular feminine Antartaí, plural Antartacha, comparative Antartaí)
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | Antartach | Antartach | Antartacha | |
| vocative | Antartaigh | Antartacha | ||
| genitive | Antartaí | Antartacha | Antartach | |
| dative | Antartach | Antartach; Antartaigh (archaic) |
Antartacha | |
| Comparative | níos Antartaí | |||
| Superlative | is Antartaí | |||
Derived terms
edit- An Ciorcal Antartach (“the Antarctic Circle”)
- An Conradh Antartach (“the Antarctic Treaty”)
- An tAigéan Antartach (“the Antarctic Ocean”)
Related terms
edit- Leithinis Antartaice f (“the Antarctic Peninsula”)
Proper noun
editAn tAntartach m (genitive an Antartaigh)
- the Antarctic
Declension
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Related terms
edit- Antartaice f (“Antarctica”)
Mutation
edit| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antartach | nAntartach | hAntartach | 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) “Antartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Antartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Antartach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024