Artach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Artach (genitive singular masculine Artaigh, genitive singular feminine Artaí, plural Artacha, not comparable)

1. (geography) Arctic

Declension

Declension of Artach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Artach	Artach	Artacha
Vocative	Artaigh		Artacha
Genitive		Artaí	Artacha	Artach
Dative	Artach	Artach; Artaigh (archaic)	Artacha
Comparative	níos Artaí
Superlative	is Artaí

Derived terms

• An Ciorcal Artach (“the Arctic Circle”)
• An tAigéan Artach (“the Arctic Ocean”)
• fo-artach (“subarctic”)

 

Proper noun

Artach m (genitive Artaigh)

1. (geography) the Arctic

Declension

Declension of Artach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Artach Vocative a Artaigh Genitive Artaigh Dative Artach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tArtach Genitive an Artaigh Dative leis an Artach don Artach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Artach	nArtach	hArtach	tArtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Artach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Artach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Artach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024