adhantach

Irish

Etymology

From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhantach (genitive singular masculine adhantaigh, genitive singular feminine adhantaí, plural adhantacha, comparative adhantaí)

1. igneous, inflammable

Declension

Declension of adhantach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	adhantach	adhantach	adhantacha
Vocative	adhantaigh		adhantacha
Genitive		adhantaí	adhantacha	adhantach
Dative	adhantach	adhantach; adhantaigh (archaic)	adhantacha
Comparative	níos adhantaí
Superlative	is adhantaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhantach	n-adhantach	hadhantach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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