adharcach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny.

Adjective

adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)

1. horned, horny
2. horny (sexually aroused)

Declension

Declension of adharcach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	adharcach	adharcach	adharcacha
Vocative	adharcaigh		adharcacha
Genitive		adharcaí	adharcacha	adharcach
Dative	adharcach	adharcach; adharcaigh (archaic)	adharcacha
Comparative	níos adharcaí
Superlative	is adharcaí

Derived terms

• ciaróg adharcach (“rhinoceros beetle”)
• daol adharcach (“stag beetle”)
• nathair shligreach adharcach (“sidewinder”) (snake)

 

Related terms

• adharcacht f (“horniness”)
• gearr-adharcach (“short-horned”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adharcach	n-adharcach	hadharcach	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) “adharcach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adharcach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adharcach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adarcach, from adarc (“horn”). By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaich, genitive singular feminine adharcaiche, comparative adharcaiche)

1. horned, horny
2. (heraldry) attired

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	adharcach	adharcach	adharcach
Vocative	adharcaich	adharcach	adharcach
Genitive	adharcaich	adharcaiche	adharcach
Dative	adharcach	adharcaich	adharcach

Derived terms

• comhachag-adharcach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adharcach	n-adharcach	h-adharcach	t-adharcach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “adharcach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adarcach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language