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)

1. 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airtéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN