adhastrach

Irish

Etymology

From adhastar (“halter”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhastrach (genitive singular masculine adhastraigh, genitive singular feminine adhastraí, plural adhastracha, comparative adhastraí)

1. halter-like; trailing, rambling; tattered
2. dilatory

Declension

Declension of adhastrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	adhastrach	adhastrach	adhastracha
Vocative	adhastraigh		adhastracha
Genitive		adhastraí	adhastracha	adhastrach
Dative	adhastrach	adhastrach; adhastraigh (archaic)	adhastracha
Comparative	níos adhastraí
Superlative	is adhastraí

Mutation

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