adhaltrach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish adaltrach (“adulterous; adulterer, adulteress”), from adaltair + -ach, from Latin adulter.
Adjective
editadhaltrach (genitive singular masculine adhaltraigh, genitive singular feminine adhaltraí, plural adhaltracha, comparative adhaltraí)
Declension
editDeclension of adhaltrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | adhaltrach | adhaltrach | adhaltracha | |
Vocative | adhaltraigh | adhaltracha | ||
Genitive | adhaltraí | adhaltracha | adhaltrach | |
Dative | adhaltrach | adhaltrach; adhaltraigh (archaic) |
adhaltracha | |
Comparative | níos adhaltraí | |||
Superlative | is adhaltraí |
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
edit- adhaltranaigh (“adulterate”, transitive verb)
- adhaltranas m (“adultery”)
Noun
editadhaltrach m (genitive singular adhaltraigh, nominative plural adhaltraigh)
Declension
editDeclension of adhaltrach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- banadhaltrach (“adulteress”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhaltrach | n-adhaltrach | hadhaltrach | t-adhaltrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaltrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adaltrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhaltrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhaltrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024