adhmainteach

Irish

Etymology

From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhmainteach (genitive singular masculine adhmaintigh, genitive singular feminine adhmaintí, plural adhmainteacha, comparative adhmaintí)

1. magnetic

Declension

Declension of adhmainteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach	adhmainteacha
Vocative	adhmaintigh		adhmainteacha
Genitive		adhmaintí	adhmainteacha	adhmainteach
Dative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach; adhmaintigh (archaic)	adhmainteacha
Comparative	níos adhmaintí
Superlative	is adhmaintí

Synonyms

• maighnéadach

Related terms

• adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhmainteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN