Antartach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Compare Manx antarctagh, Yn Antarctagh.
Adjective edit
Antartach (genitive singular masculine Antartaigh, genitive singular feminine Antartaí, plural Antartacha, comparative Antartaí)
Declension edit
Declension of Antartach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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 edit
An tAntartach m (genitive an Antartaigh)
- the Antarctic
Declension edit
Declension of Antartach
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms edit
- Antartaice f (“Antarctica”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Antartach | nAntartach | hAntartach | not applicable |
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), “Antartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Antartach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Antartach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.