aerdhíonach

Irish

Etymology

From aer (“air”) +‎ díonach (“impermeable, proof”).

Adjective

aerdhíonach (genitive singular masculine aerdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine aerdhíonaí, plural aerdhíonacha, comparative aerdhíonaí)

1. airtight

   Synonyms: aeriata, aerobach

Declension

Declension of aerdhíonach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonacha
Vocative	aerdhíonaigh		aerdhíonacha
Genitive		aerdhíonaí	aerdhíonacha	aerdhíonach
Dative	aerdhíonach	aerdhíonach; aerdhíonaigh (archaic)	aerdhíonacha
Comparative	níos aerdhíonaí
Superlative	is aerdhíonaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aerdhíonach	n-aerdhíonach	haerdhíonach	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) “aerdhíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aerdhíonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aerdhíonach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024