adhmainteas

Irish

Etymology

From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) +‎ -as (nominal suffix).

Noun

adhmainteas m (genitive singular adhmaintis)

1. (physics) magnetism

Declension

Declension of adhmainteas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-adhmainteas Genitive an adhmaintis Dative leis an adhmainteas don adhmainteas

Synonyms

• maighnéadas

Related terms

• adhmainteach (“magnetic”, adjective)

Mutation

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