ardcheannasach

Irish

Etymology

From ardcheannas (“supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty; high command”) +‎ -ach (adjectival ending).

Adjective

ardcheannasach (genitive singular masculine ardcheannasaigh, genitive singular feminine ardcheannasaí, plural ardcheannasacha, comparative ardcheannasaí)

1. supreme, predominant
2. sovereign

Declension

Declension of ardcheannasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasacha
Vocative	ardcheannasaigh		ardcheannasacha
Genitive		ardcheannasaí	ardcheannasacha	ardcheannasach
Dative	ardcheannasach	ardcheannasach; ardcheannasaigh (archaic)	ardcheannasacha
Comparative	níos ardcheannasaí
Superlative	is ardcheannasaí

Synonyms

• (sovereign): ceannasach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardcheannasach	n-ardcheannasach	hardcheannasach	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) “ardcheannasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN